Wow, SheLion! I had no idea how much tax Wisconsin already slapped on cigs. I don't smoke, but my DH does (politely, not around me; though I've never insisted he do that.) Smoke Free Wisconsin was just trying to get another whole dollar added on as tax here in WI and use it for healthcare for smokers, but it didn't pass our legislature.
Boy. When Socialist Mayor Dave of Madison sees MA doing this, he's gonna be on it like a chicken on a June Bug! He's constantly trying to get special "Madison Only Taxes" passed so he can buy his beloved trolley cars that NO ONE is going to ride. Yeesh! Thanks, MA! I owe ya one! :(
Thanks to the Tobacco Settlement to which smoker's who pay taxes on cigarettes are paying 110%.....not Big Tobacco and not the government, but the smokers!
And I can just scream when I hear lawmakers wanting to raise the taxes again. What the hell are they doing with all our tax dollars? I wish they would start on someone else, and that's for sure.