Smokers Help Keep This Arts Hub Alive

A novel cigarette tax has generated $270 million for cultural organizations in the Cleveland area, which makes declining smoking rates “a double-edged sword.”

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The following article appeared in The New York Times on May 12, 2026.

By Michaela Towfighi

Photographs by Ross Mantle

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