AFP-Kansas is hosting a film screening for the new movie, "Tea Party: The Documentary Film." It follows five grassroots activists in their transformation from hometown rally organizers to national activists in the 912 March on Washington.

Join us at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20 at Liberty Theater in Fort Scott (113 S. Main, Fort Scott). The $10 admission fee includes the film screening and your own copy of the tea party movie DVD.

TOPEKA, KAN. – The Kansas chapter of the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity is working to educate Kansans on the effects of tobacco tax increases on Kansas businesses by creating a new Web site, StopTheWarOnSmokers.Com.

Gov. Mark Parkinson last month proposed a cigarette tax increase of 55 cents per pack, raising the rate from its current 79 cents per pack to $1.34 per pack.

“History has shown us that raising the cigarette tax has not increased the revenues coming into the state over the long run,” said AFP-Kansas state director Derrick Sontag. “There may be an initial boost, but with nearby states like Missouri only adding a 17-cent tax per pack, more Kansas smokers are likely to cross the state line to purchase cigarettes.

Governor Mark Parkinson has recommended increasing the state cigarette tax from its' current rate of 79 cents per pack to $1.34 per pack, an increase of 55 cents.

Americans For Prosperity has issued the following bullet points addressing how the proposed tax increase would harm Kansas retailers. In addition, the following AFP website will be up and running soon and is devoted to the cigarette tax increase proposal. Please visit www.stopthewaronsmokers.com next week to find out more information.