If you really want folks to quit , raise the tax to $ 100 a pack !
That will just create a black market. Do we really want that?
Since Maine raised the cigarette taxes LAST time, it has forced Maine smokers to buy over the Internet and to go elsewhere. It's a good thing Baldacci said he isn't going to raise taxes on anything, because there will be hell to pay.
Lots of SMOKERS in Japan my friend. And when Mayor BloomingIdiot in New York City forced a smoke free city, the business men in Japan scrambled to find another smoker friendly city because they said they would refuse to go back to NYC without being able to SMOKE!