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tobacco tax hike
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tobacco taxes will increase soon after Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga signed into law legislation, which increase the excise tax by 3 cents, and the measure also repeals the 2% wage tax, which is paid by all wage earners in American Samoa.
The governor signed...

![The governor signed the Senate bill into law on Apr. 8th, according to his letter to Fono leaders on that same date, saying that pursuant to a provision of the constitution, he will deposit the signed bill with the Secretary of American Samoa — who is also the lieutenant governor. [SN file photo] Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga and Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lemanu_n_talauega_7.jpg?itok=TsaoeUC5)