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Single Largest Cigarette Tax Hike Goes Into Effect Wednesday
Foxnews ^ | March 29, 2009 | Foxnews

Posted on 03/29/2009 7:28:53 PM PDT by GSP.FAN

President Obama signed a law early in his administration to raise taxes from 39 cents to $1.01 per pack of cigarettes and from 19.5 cents to 50 cents per pound for chewing tobacco.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cigs; pufflist; tax
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To: Drango
Okay then ...

Wear this with your pride:


81 posted on 03/30/2009 11:34:23 AM PDT by GOP_Lady
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To: GOP_Lady

I hope the SCHIP tax doesn’t hit you too hard. Your wailing and moaning is music unto my ears. I hope your ashtray breath clears up. Schadenfreude is such a nice feeling when it comes to an addict like you.


82 posted on 03/30/2009 11:55:28 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Drango

Oh, how kind of you.

No, the price will not hurt me in the least. The money is not the point — the pigs at the trow is the point.

I am an AMERICAN and, as an AMERICAN, we should all be treated equally and with respect.

If we want to cover health care — fine — let’s have a debate and let’s ALL pay for it EQUALLY.


83 posted on 03/30/2009 12:29:20 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
President Obama signed a law early in his administration to raise taxes from 39 cents to $1.01 per pack of cigarettes and from 19.5 cents to 50 cents per pound for chewing tobacco.

Smoking Crab - Only A Bull Riding Monkey Is As Cool As This Demotivational Poster

84 posted on 03/30/2009 4:34:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Drango
He should have added teenage smoking to his list.

I'm not in favor of teenage smoking, but it's surely nowhere near as harmful to society as the three other teenage problems that Gingrich mentioned.

In fact fact, teenage smoking has decreased significantly in the last 40 years or so, while society as a whole has become increasingly decadent.

I'd say the logical conclusion is that there is no relationship between a society's teenage smoking rates and its overall level of civility.

85 posted on 03/30/2009 5:50:10 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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