Q. An ad in Monday's Winston-Salem Journal, paid for by the North Carolina Taxpayers Alliance, urged readers to call state Sens. Linda Garrou and Pete Brunstetter to "take a stand" against higher tobacco taxes. Who is behind this alliance? -- K.O.
A. The members of the alliance, according to the Raleigh News & Observer, are tobacco interests: tobacco companies Reynolds American, Lorillard, Universal Leaf and Swedish Match; the N.C. Tobacco Growers Association; and the Cigar Association of America. The alliance is running ads in several newspapers across the state, including ones in Wilmington, Burlington and Boone, as well as Winston-Salem. The ads urge readers to call their legislators to oppose a proposed increase in the state's taxes on tobacco.
The ad text changes slightly according to the location. For example, the ad in Burlington mentions state Sen. Tony Foriest of Alamance County; the one in Wilmington refers to state Sens. Julie Boseman and R.C. Soles.
This day in history
A Winston-Salem resident who was born in Norway called in to remind SAM that today marks the 69th anniversary of Germany's invasion of Norway and Denmark at the start of World War II.
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