The increase would effectively drive up the over-the-counter price for a pack of premium cigarettes like Marlboro from $4.19 to $5.19.Just try this with beer………
"In order to cut more we were going to have to get into those programs that provide health insurance for some of the poorest people in the state - the working poor,"
Slipping Socialized Medicine under the door? Don't be fooled by the hackneyed "working poor".....
Just try this with beer.-
Here in Ohio, we wanted them to. Smokers here are tired of them sticking it to us every time they want money. I personally think if they're going to do that, then tax ALL "sins & vices." Some reps said it wasn't right for one group of people to be singled out above all others. It didn't work. Too much influence by the booze industry, which is still perfectly acceptable & desirable (to all but MADD).