HOUSE PASSES SENATE S.C.H.I.P. BILL; PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL

E-NEWS National Association of Tobacco Outlets ^ | Feb. 4th, 2009 | enews online

[TheSentry]

_House Passes Senate SCHIP Bill;
President Signs Bill_

On Wednesday, Feb. 4, the U.S. House passed by a margin of 290 to 135 the U.S. Senate version of the bill to expand the
State Children's Health Insurance Program, (S.C.H.I.P.)...

President has signed the legislation into law.
Below are the final tax rates on cigarettes and tobacco products

that will go into effect on April 1, 2009 :

SCHIP Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Rates

Product Current Rates Through March 31, 2009 and Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Rate April, 1 2009 *

Pack Cigarettes:39¢ per pack$1.0066 per pack *

Large Cigars:20.719% of manufacturer's price;
cap of 4.875¢/cigar (to new rate of)
52.75% of manufacturer's price; cap of 40.26¢ per cigar *

Little Cigars:4¢ per pack (to) $1.0066 per pack *

Pipe Tobacco:$1.0969 per pound (to)$2.8311 per pound *

Chewing Tobacco:19.5¢ per pound(to)50.33¢ per pound *

Snuff58.5¢ per pound(to)$1.51 per pound *

Roll-Your-Own Cigararette Tobacco:
$1.0969 per pound (to a HUGE) $24.78 per pound
( a $2,244 % percent INCREASE ! ) *

Cigarette Paper:1.22¢ per 50 papers3.15¢ per 50 papers *

Cigarette Tubes:2.44¢ per 50 tubes6.30¢ per 50 tubes

[martinidon]

“Most on this forum believe in the right guaranteed by our Constitution to be free from unreasonable intrusion by others, including the federal government.”

So who do I call when smokers are filling a room with their smoke? I would say that is an unreasonable intrusion by others....

[mylife]

In the meantime... stock up on the good stuff http://www.cigarettetobacco.com/ourtob1.htm

[mylife]

Hater ☺

[ozaukeemom]

I don’t smoke. I don’t like the smell or what it does to anyone’s health. I make choices in where I decide to go based on if there is smoking. I prefer to patronize non-smoking establishments.However, I am sure I have habits that bother others. Don’t fine people for their legal activities. And, that is what this is, a punishment. Just like the local cops here stopping people for anything, it is all about money. Not safety, not better health, it is revenue.

[mylife]

Your arguement lays the groundwork to tax cars, fireplaces, BBQs, power plants, factorys.. etc etc

flatulence

[callisto]

Smokey the Bear?

I think you would be happier over here

[mylife]

I tell ya what. In summer there is a brown cloud that hangs over Dallas and a load of other city's.

It aint cigarette smoke ☺

[RandallFlagg]

I’ve been using Farmer’s Gold from rollyourown.com for years.

[mylife]

Thats what I use, but D&R’s Ramback is a fantastic turkish.

I will be ordering a case or two of that while the getting is good

[ozaukeemom]

I am against this taxing. lol If you want to smoke, you should not be taxed to death. What is next? We know alcohol, fast food, then what? Talk about anti-stimulus!

[walsh]

The reason for Gov't. tax authority was NEVER INTENDED" to be used as a means to CONTROL or MODIFY the BEHAVIOR of any free American Citizen.

So you're opposed to using the tax code to get people to marry? To stay married? To have kids? To go to Christian schools? To tithe? To own a home? And all the other behaviors needed to ensure a moral society. (which is the government's job)

IMO, some behaviors should be encouraged by the government.

[1_Of_We]

So who do I call when smokers are filling a room with their smoke? I would say that is an unreasonable intrusion by others....

Why are you even IN a room filled with smoke? Don't you have any control over where you are?

[mylife]

Did you know that the bubbley effervescence in your soda pop is actually CO2? A Substance recognized by our congress as a greenhouse gas?

Stand by for taxation. the groundwork has been laid.

Twinkies? ding Dongs? HoHo’s? well... they add to the scourge of type II diabetes dont ya know, and that places a burden on our health system.

Taxes are coming to all those folks who approve of this kind of taxation for smokers. Its coming faster than I thought.

The good news is that you can store Twinkies for 50 years at room temp without them going bad L0L

[mylife]

remember way back when, when they first levied a tobacco tax to offset heath costs for smokers?

Well we have paid and paid and paid, and guess what?
When the new dept of HealthCzar starts in a few months we will be the FIRST to be denied treatment.

Mark my words.

It’s for the childrunz

[RandallFlagg]

Twinkies? ding Dongs? HoHo’s? well... they add to the scourge of type II diabetes dont ya know, and that places a burden on our health system.

And don't forget that The Governator passed an anti-greenhouse gas law a while ago that ran Wonder Bread out of the state of California.
Making bread generates CO2.
Making malt ALSO generates CO2.
Malt. KEY ingredient to BEER.

WAKE UP, PEOPLE!!

[callisto]

Hamburgers are the Hummers of food in global warming

Food is the third largest contributor to the average US household's carbon footprint after driving and utilities, and in Europe - where people drive less and have smaller homes - it has an even greater impact.

"Food is of particular importance to a consumer's impact because it's a daily choice that is, at least in theory, easy to change," Weber said.

"You make your choice every day about what to eat, but once you have a house and a car you're locked into that for a while."

The average US household contributes about five tons of carbon dioxide a year by driving and about 3.5 tons of equivalent emissions with what they eat, he said.

"Switching to no red meat and no dairy products is the equivalent of (cutting out) 8,100 miles driven in a car ... that gets 25 miles to the gallon," Weber said in an interview following the symposium.

[1_Of_We]

Since WHEN are those behaviors the responsibility of the government? They most definitely are NOT! And that is one of the main ‘progrommes’ (too) many people are using to absolutely DESTROY what once was our nation.

[mylife]

They hate smokers so much they are blind!

[callisto]

Agreed. See my post @ #36.

[mylife]

Make everyman a potential criminal, Make them wear the Gubmint yoke