Yes, at least 98% of the purchases will be taxed. Will some smokers buy elswhere ? Yes. will it be significant ? No. Will those who do it be in violation of the law ? yes.
Oh, BS.
SHOW me where any political subdivision (state) has the authority to tax the people. (they don't)
Show me the LAW... not the statute, ordinance, act, or regulation. (It's not there)
States are not even LEGAL subdivisions (counties are)
What is the legal definition of ‘legal’, anyway?
(from law.com)
legal
adj., adv. according to law, not in violation of law or anything related to the law.
That seems to be pretty straightforward- now look at the legal definition of the opposed word, ‘illegal’-
illegal
1) adj. in violation of statute, regulation or ordinance, which may be criminal or merely not in conformity. Thus, an armed robbery is illegal, and so is an access road which is narrower than the county allows, but the violation is not criminal.
Well of course armed robbery is illegal; it’s a violation of the 8th Commandment. But if a narrow access road is illegal, how can it NOT be criminal?
Because any statute, regulation, ordinance or act that does anything OTHER than describe punishment for violations of Commandments 6 through 10 are not laws that affect the people! They are merely governmental policies, and only governmental entities must ‘conform’ to them!
(That’s how the government gets around the ‘Congress shall make no law’ part of the Constitution, deprives us of our rights under 'color' of law, and remains paralyzed in the face of the flood of 'illegals' across our borders.)