[cripplecreek]

I wonder how many people would accept a sudden 2,160% increase in the tax on gasoline or beer?

Lots of people in know simply switched to loose pipe tobacco because it didn’t catch the same increase. Its a bit coarser cut but they tell me its fine for cigarettes.

[TigersEye]

I switched to loose pipe tobacco and only paid $16 per lb. on my last order. It's pretty good too in both flavor and cut. Many online tobacco purveyors dropped their best lines of cigarette tobacco altogether. I'm trying to wean myself off of tobacco onto an e-cig but it's not quite the same for me.

The Fed tax increase on small cigars was even bigger. 2,653%. On large cigars it was $725%. Who would accept even that latter figure increase on any other product?