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ASPEN — Prices for cigarettes and other tobacco products in Aspen will see a substantial increase .
The Aspen City Council agreed Monday to direct city staffers to continue their work on drafting a ballot question that would go to voters in the November election. The question could pose adding as high as a $4 tax on cigarettes and 40 percent tax for chewing tobacco.
The city has until Aug. 28 to formalize the ballot question for November. If passed, the local tobacco tax would take effect Jan. 1.
That’s the same day Ordinance 17, which City Council passed in June and , takes effect.
By doing so, Aspen became the first municipality or county in Colorado to raise its tobacco-purchase age.