I wonder just how high tobacco taxes can go? Cigarette taxes are the (seemingly) bottomless pit of money for government. It's kind of amusing- government has an interest in having a certain percentage of the populace smoke and smokers seem to be willing to take any level of abuse (full disclosure- I'm a non-smoker). It's a pretty co-dependent relationship.
Thank God, through Free Republic, there are MANY of us that have found other wonderful means of being able to enjoy a LEGAL product without paying into the state coffers.
American's aren't stupid. It's the American way to shop cheap. heh!