Originally posted by Rickson:


Its not replacing it, but it could. Also the state is rasing the taxes. The goverment is making companies have a higher tax deductable to counter wieght the decrease in sales because of states increasing the tax. Trust me i am not kidding myself. Cigarettes will become less common in 10 years. It will be down to the commited smokers only still having them. The new generation is less likely to carry the smoking fasination like we did.



Exactly. The states raise the taxes because they make money off of it. IIRC from an article I read somewhere last last year, federal, state and local governments already take about a 50% cut from the cost of an average pack of smokes. There's no way they'll willingly let something dry up. Is it decreasing? Sure, as less young people smoke. So then the excise taxes go up... taxes go up, cigarette smuggling starts... law enforcement agencies start going after them... why? Because their money supply is drying up. They're more worried with people buying smokes online than they are trying to get people to quit.

Originally posted by rickson:

Lets be real ur line of who looks at the box and decides to quit. You never know. did some one. probably not. And you know why its there. Becuase they have too lol. So leave that silly label out of this. Unless you want to talk about this petty thing compared to this petty thing.



The label comment was put in there to show you the "grand" lengths that our government is going to get people to quit smoking. I know it's a crock of s**t... you know it's a crock of s**t... no argument here.


Originally posted by rickson:

You stated the most common heard phrase
"Do you know how much money goverment gets from cigarettes."

Not state but goverment. Please give me an honest quote?? How much ot the tax is the goverments tax?




Honestly, if doesn't matter. Congress is made up of State Representatives. They'll never let it fly. Government is government, IMO. State, federal, local... they've all got their hand in your pocket. Plus, let's just say for the sake of argument that the feds get, oh, an average of 10 cents per pack. Not inconceivable as you figure many states are pulling over 75 cents per pack.

I have no problem with marijuana legalization. Treat it like alcohol... drive drunk and get caught, go to jail. Drive stoned and drive drunk, go to jail. 18 to smoke, designated bars... it could be done.

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