STATE OF MICHIGAN

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
LANSING

JOHN ENGLER
GOVERNOR
      

          Pursuant to Section 48(1) of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended,

I hereby concur in the finding of the Michigan Department of Treasury, that

circumstances have created an emergency and the public interest requires the emergency

promulgation of the attached rules pertaining to the "Tobacco Products Tax."

                                                                             Dated at Lansing, Michigan this 22nd day
                                                                            of August 1997.

                                                                            /s/John Engler
                                                                            John Engler
                                                                            Governor

          The governor made the above finding due to what was deemed a cigarette smuggling emergency to evade Michigan's cigarette tax.

          Michigan has a safe-cigarettes law, MCL § 750.27, MSA § 28.216. You may have heard of laws seeking "fire-safe" cigarettes, i.e., ingredients that do not cause house fires. Michigan's law provides for cigarettes to be ingredients-safe across-the-board, i.e., ingredients must not cause adverse health effects.

          Governor Engler had previously issued an order banning cigarette use in state buildings.

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