Quote Originally Posted by bigwhiteash View Post
Again, not to get too political..

There was no preventing this, and it could have, and will be worse in the future. Tobacco users are a shrinking minority, and as such will never carry the weight needed to stop these actions. I have quite a stockpile of pipe tobacco... probably enough to last me 10 years, and cigars that would last about 2 years if I quit buying them entirely.. which I don't intend to do. I would imagine, with decreased sales due to taxes, manufactures and vendors will eventually be forced to lower prices to remain competitive. We'll see....

The folly of health care funding derived from taxing the ever decreasing use of tobacco is sheer lunacy in my mind. It's entirely unsustainable

I sent letters, (emails), to every political figure imaginable, as I'm sure most of us did.. obviously to no avail... There was no stoping this.
I don't mind contributing to a worthy program like the Childrens Health Insurance. Now if we could just deduct this added tax as a contribution I would gladley pay the increase. They would still get the money, the deterrent to smoking because of higher tobacco prices would still have it's effect and we would get a deduction to lighten the extra cost.