The government makes more money on cigaretts than the tobacco company does...read once the the tobacco company PROFIT is only 6 cents per pack,(or 6 cents per ciggie, I don’t remember which) but that was quite a while ago, the rest is taxes, state, federal, sales tax. And you wonder why they don’t ban it...follow the money, to Washington and the states.
yep
Absolutely.
It is pure Gov rip off.
The first thing Obama did when he got in office was jack tobacco taxes.
Loose leaf tobacco for cigarettes went form $14 LB to $75 lb.
Companies changed the cut to classify it as a pipe tobacco which got it down to $30 lb.
And where does the tax money go?
Smokers healthcare?
NO! It goes to the SCHIP.
State Children’s healthcare.
Let the people with children’s pay for the children’s healthcare.