[daviddennis]

If this passes, the tax is over $1 a pack, right?

That really hurts smokers, who are overwhelmingly among the less well off.

If they're smart, they will set up groups of people to pool money and go across the border to Nevada. That's what I'd do if I were a smoker. With the volume some people smoke, it would pay off pretty quick.

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[monkeyshine]

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