[Gabz]

The Justice Department claim would act like a selective excise tax on cigarette consumers and producers.

Of course it would and it would end up just like the MSA - only the consumer paying the bill - no hurt to the tobacco companies.

[Just another Joe]

no hurt to the tobacco companies.

But when the tobacco companies go bankrupt because they can't sell any more, so will the federal govt. Just like the state govt's are doing.

[billbears]

no hurt to the tobacco companies.

30,000 jobs in my home state alone over the next 3-4 years will be affected. No, no hurt to the tobacco companies at all. I thought this President promised he would stop this nonsense against the tobacco industry. God knows our state's Senators don't care