I would ask the Senator if she is aware--let me emphasize the $4.50 to $5-per-pack prices that these leading Wall Street analysts projected in testimony to the Judiciary Committee, those prices are much higher than what the Treasury estimated and far higher than the widely cited and widely reported $1.10-per-pack figure. Isn't that correct?
Discussing projected cigarette prices during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
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