A proposed tobacco and marijuana excise tax ordinance will be divided and head back to the Haines Borough Assembly as two separate ordinances.
The assembly voted unanimously Aug. 8 to separate the two taxes that charges an excise tax of $2 per pack of cigarettes, 45 percent of the wholesale price of other tobacco products, and $5 per ounce of marijuana.
Assembly member Heather Lende said a tobacco tax is meant to curb smoking and…
