Wasn't disagreeing, just saying that this wasn't a very meaningful vote. The House did have the votes to pass a more limited cig tax increase (just on cigarettes, not on all tobacco products). Granholm wouldn't go along with a partial increase, so they voted on her proposal and voted it down. The Michigan GOP is too tied in to too much of state spending (prisons, schools, hospitals and nursing homes, etc all have big constituencies among Republican contributors) to make the cuts necessary to avoid tax increases.
They had the votes for the more limited tax increase on the cigarettes ----probably because most of them smoke cigars.......
I realized you weren't disagreeing with me - but the point is that the states are spending millions of dollars screaming at tobacco users to stop, but instead of cutting that spending to cover budget shortfalls, they come after the tobacco users, generally cigarette smokers, to cover their butts.