[azhenfud]

"Oh get real. Your dreaming. Most of the smokers across the US aren't PAYING into the state coffers any longer. So......when that money runs out from the smokers.....guess who they will be coming after???? hehe!"

Don't know what you pay for a pack of smokes, but you know how much actual tobacco is in that pack of twenty? Farmer John might get $1.25-$1.40 per pound of leaf and there is a minute fraction of a pound in a pack. I had heard (and may be subject to correction) about eighteen cents creates that pack, inclusive of the tobacco, foil, paper, cello, dyes, (optional "filters"), and all. Last I observed, $3.15/pack paid for Floor Sweepings brand. So where's the rest going????

[SheLion]

Don't know what you pay for a pack of smokes, but you know how much actual tobacco is in that pack of twenty? Farmer John might get $1.25-$1.40 per pound of leaf and there is a minute fraction of a pound in a pack. I had heard (and may be subject to correction) about eighteen cents creates that pack, inclusive of the tobacco, foil, paper, cello, dyes, (optional "filters"), and all. Last I observed, $3.15/pack paid for Floor Sweepings brand. So where's the rest going????

I pay about 8 CENTS per cigarette, since I roll my own.

Where is the rest of the money going? Your STATE! Your lawmakers have bumped up the taxes so high to balance their budgets that it's sinful. What state do you live in? I might have on hand what the smokers contribute to the state economy in your state.