"It's job security in my eyes," said Kendall Shedd of Seltice Way Stop'N Go in Stateline on Tuesday about raising cigarette tax in Washington. Cigarettes soon will cost about $8 a pack as Washington legislators add another $1 in taxes. John Stucke's SR story here. (Kathy Plonka/SR)

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