The states can not balance their budgets without the smoker's tax dollars! And if the FDA regulates tobacco, they said they would have to ban it because they could not deem it safe!
Whenever there is a state budget deficit, lawmakers tend to look for the quickest way out.
Huge cigarette taxes don't do anything except make pork for politicians. "When you're too spineless to
cut spending, stick it to the smokers and claim it's for their own good!"
They lawmakers say "Group Wants Tax Hike To Reduce Youth and Adult Smoking And To Fund Health Care Coverage."
So, how are they going to reduce teen smoking and fund health care coverage if tobacco is regulated!
They talk out of both sides of their filthy mouths!
It is actually the EPA that wants it banned. It violates the 'Clean Air Act'. I think the toss to the FDA is still an attempt to keep the spotlight off the EPA for now. Not everyone realizes all their little games yet.
``This will not be the last tax increase,'' said Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids President Matthew Myers.
``The federal government is facing a budget crisis for the first time in several years. A federal tax increase used to fund tobacco prevention or other critical programs would be a very wise strategy,'' Myers said.
Anti-smoking activists say a steep tax increase would raise billions of dollars and make it harder for teen-agers to afford cigarettes. Teens should be prohibited from buying cigarettes.