Gov. Phil Murphy proposed legislation to raise the New Jersey cigarette tax by $1.65 per pack.

If approved, the bump would take the per-pack tax to $4.35, one of the highest in the United States, on par only with New York and Connecticut. Murphy introduced the legislation in the newly proposed $40.9 billion state budget.

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