[WindMinstrel]

City officials argued the tax increase was necessary to help close the $5 billion budget gap and to deter smoking

This is right up there with the economic illiterates who promise to raise the minimum wage and increase employment at the same time.

[TheGrimReaper]

More utter nonsense brought to us by the same government which dictates what size TOILET you can have in your own home.

Come to think of it... WHEN was the last time that government came up with a really good idea???