Who did not see this coming?
—the state legislature in South Dakota, apparently-—
“Who did not see this coming?”
The same government idiots who think people behaviors don’t change when taxes do...i.e. tax cuts cost revenue.
Few. Only rabid antis that were in denial.
Several here on FR have been telling them what would happen if the states lost revenue from tobacco sales. The joke is really on the antis because many smokers have found ways to get around paying the tax increases. Those that want to smoke will continue to do so and there is no way to stop them from doing it.
Now we will see what government taxes to make up for the loss of tobacco taxes.