[Vectorian]

I don't know what all the fuss is about - smokers are junkies so the govt can add whatever tax they want, you'll still need to buy your fix. They got you over a barrel.

[SheLion]

I don't know what all the fuss is about - smokers are junkies so the govt can add whatever tax they want, you'll still need to buy your fix. They got you over a barrel.

I don't like your tone.  Smokers are NOT junkies.  Cigarettes are LEGAL!  Drugs are NOT!

And don't worry, smokers are finding a way around those big cigarette taxes, so the state government's are only hurting themselves.  And don't close your wallet just yet.  When the state isn't collecting cigarette tax dollar's anymore, you are going to have to dig deep to make up for the loss. heh!

[Mears]

"They got you over a barrel."

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No they don't. There are ways around everything.

Most of the idiot state legislators think smoking has plummeted just because people are finding alternative ways to get cigarettes.They see sales drop,they think smoking has dropped.

Overtax something and you get tax evasion. A middle schooler would understand that.

[sgtbono2002]

I dopnt smoke so it doesnt matter much to me, but I can recognise theft when I see it and the states are a pack of thieving bastids. Stealing money in taxes and doubling up by suing tobacco companies. When cigarettes are no longer profitable to state wwhat will they start taxing then? You can bet the farm they will find something even if its chewing gum.

[Madame Dufarge]

They got you over a barrel

That's what King George thought too, Lord Smugly.