Two candidates for Comptroller announced support for the non-profit Healthy Maryland Initiative’s proposed $1 cigarette tax increase Wednesday.

“We’re talking about saving some lives by stopping people from smoking, particularly youngg teenagers,” said challenger Peter Franchot, of Montgomery County, who held a media briefing Wednesday to announce his support.

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