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**babopeddy** · 06-20-2010, 03:38 AM

Cigarette taxes in New York would jump by $1.60 a pack under a tentative deal reached between Gov. David A. Peterson and legislative leaders, which would give New York the nation’s highest state cigarette taxes.

The proposal, which officials said Mr. Paterson would include in an emergency budget bill due for a vote on Monday, would also raise wholesale taxes on other tobacco products like chewing tobacco, bringing the tax on those products closer in line with those of cigarettes.

In New York City, which levies steep taxes of it's own on tobacco products, a pack of cigarettes would come with a tax of $5.85, making it the nation’s first city to break $5, antismoking advocates said. That would bring the overall cost of a pack of premium cigarettes above $10 in many stores in the city.

http://Entire article: http://www.ny...ax.html?src=mv
This is nothing but a continued blatant attack on a group of people who are doing nothing illegal. It's forced submission. Either make tobacco products illegal or leave me the hell alone.

Fortunately I don't live in New York. I can still buy a pack of cigarettes for less than $5.00.

06-20-2010, 03:38 AM	#1
babopeddy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 376 Senior Member	New York Reaches Deal to Raise Cigarette Tax Cigarette taxes in New York would jump by $1.60 a pack under a tentative deal reached between Gov. David A. Peterson and legislative leaders, which would give New York the nation’s highest state cigarette taxes. The proposal, which officials said Mr. Paterson would include in an emergency budget bill due for a vote on Monday, would also raise wholesale taxes on other tobacco products like chewing tobacco, bringing the tax on those products closer in line with those of cigarettes. In New York City, which levies steep taxes of it's own on tobacco products, a pack of cigarettes would come with a tax of $5.85, making it the nation’s first city to break $5, antismoking advocates said. That would bring the overall cost of a pack of premium cigarettes above $10 in many stores in the city. http://Entire article: http://www.ny...ax.html?src=mv This is nothing but a continued blatant attack on a group of people who are doing nothing illegal. It's forced submission. Either make tobacco products illegal or leave me the hell alone. Fortunately I don't live in New York. I can still buy a pack of cigarettes for less than $5.00.
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