If this is wrong place please move. I sent Sen Sherrod Brown an email about upcoming legislation about nicotine and ecigs. I explained how I have tried all the FDA approved crapola and didnt help at all. I told him how after 3 days I was smoke free, feeling great and getting better every day for almost 3 months. Here is his response. I sent another email stating I do not care about cigarette tax but worried about hardware and nicotine for electronics. Pretty much party line crap. No politician from either party can get head out of rear and be an individual. 
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Dear Mr. Coulter:
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me about excise taxes on tobacco products.
The federal government levies excise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products, both to discourage their use and to recoup their cost to public health and safety.
tobacco-related illnesses kill approximately 20,000 Ohioans annually. This public health issue also costs Ohio’s taxpayers, as one out of every six Medicaid dollars in Ohio goes toward treatment of tobacco-related diseases. Cigarette taxes have been shown to discourage smoking, with every 10 percent increase in the cost of a pack of cigarettes reducing youth smoking by 6.5 percent and adult smoking by 2 percent.
President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget proposal included an increase in the tax on a small pack of cigarettes from $1.01 to $1.95, in order to fund new investments in education.
While President Obama’s budget has not come up for a vote in Congress, please be assured that I will keep your thoughts in mind should the issue of tobacco taxes come before the Senate.
Thank you again for contacting me.
Sincerely,
Sherrod Brown
United States Senator
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[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Dear Mr. Coulter:
[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me about excise taxes on tobacco products.
The federal government levies excise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products, both to discourage their use and to recoup their cost to public health and safety.
tobacco-related illnesses kill approximately 20,000 Ohioans annually. This public health issue also costs Ohio’s taxpayers, as one out of every six Medicaid dollars in Ohio goes toward treatment of tobacco-related diseases. Cigarette taxes have been shown to discourage smoking, with every 10 percent increase in the cost of a pack of cigarettes reducing youth smoking by 6.5 percent and adult smoking by 2 percent.
President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget proposal included an increase in the tax on a small pack of cigarettes from $1.01 to $1.95, in order to fund new investments in education.
While President Obama’s budget has not come up for a vote in Congress, please be assured that I will keep your thoughts in mind should the issue of tobacco taxes come before the Senate.
Thank you again for contacting me.
Sincerely,
Sherrod Brown
United States Senator
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