I'm so sorry!
I thought the states were turning away from these tobacco "user" taxes this year. Great posts all. I hope Sen. Peggy Rotundo, and all the other who passed the bill, have just issued the "kiss of death" to the Maine state budget and you can reduce their anticipated revenue to zero!
I also hope you get out your check books and order from Sovereign Indian retailers or roll your own the way SheLion suggested. There are a lot of smokers who will be happy to supply you with "safe" retailers, who will continue to keep your ordering records private.
I wonder who the new Al Capone of tobacco distribution in Main will be?
I'd love to find out!
Maine lawmakers are so stupid! If they would have left the cigarette tax alone, their revenue would have run along smoothly. But now with this newest tax increase, more Maine smokers are throwing their hands in the air and finding cheaper smokes elsewhere. Leaving Maine Budget Revenue running shorter then it is already.
Got to keep those pet programs alive you know. heh!