[The Great RJ]

I think state legislators in New York as well as in a lot of other states need a basic class in economics. In response to higher prices consumers will either reduce their consumption or seek cheaper substitutes.

High taxs not only will have higher costs for enforcement, but could even cause some people to quit smoking--lowering not raising revenue. High taxes also encourage bootlegging and the purchase from lower taxed sources such as the Indian reservations.

[TYVets]

"The higher the taxes, the more people will find ways around them, legal or illegal!"

Old hillbilly saying.