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Maine charges $2 dollars tax a PACK and $10 tax a CARTON!

And that, my FRiend, is what this is about. If I buy something on the net from a company that is out of state, the state I'm in doesn't get any sales tax. They are spinning lie after lie so they can get their hands on your money. This has nothing to do with smoking or not smoking. This is purely about money, and the government getting its hands on yours.

If I buy something on the net from a company that is out of state, the state I'm in doesn't get any sales tax.

Well, there's an easy fix to that! In my state (and many others), we are required to report all of our out-of-state purchases on our state income tax form, and to pay the state sales tax on them.

"They are spinning lie after lie so they can get their hands on your money."

Actually it's a tall precarious pyramid of lies.
Susan Collins, Oh great humanitarian, why not simply outlaw the growing, processing and sale of tobacco?

Although the scam is based on a pyramid of lies, it is made to work rimarily through two assertions.
One is that second hand smoke kills. Scientifically, this has been proven false, even in court.
And two, that the state (read, taxpayers) end up paying for tobacco related heath care. Tens of thousands of facts have been thrown out, but not a single one as to how much is spent on tobacco-related illnesses, compared to, say, AIDS.

Susan collins, tell us. How much has your state paid for tobacco related health care for smokers?
How much has your state received from the tobacco settlement?
What should be the penalty for embezzlement, fiduciary incomptence and fraud?

Let's talk about the ongoing suits which must reduce the amount being provided by the original "settlement".