[facedown]

"In several states, consumption declined 20% or more and new revenues in the millions of dollars were still realized,"...

Bull-oney. People are increasingly buying from the reservations or off the net.

[SheLion]

Bull-oney. People are increasingly buying from the reservations or off the net.

facedown, I KNEW the minute the states weren't pulling in the huge bucks when they raised the taxes, they would contribute it to smokers dropping off. This is not true.

Many of us buy off the Net, or the Reservations, or roll our owns and some travel over state lines. That would scare me. I would be the one to get caught.

But smokers haven't dropped off. They are dreaming!