So glad to be vaping. Tobacco tax increase again!

[Monoxide]

From my Philip Morris emailing. Brings the price to $6.80 a pack.
So much nicer to spend $9.00 on a bottle of juice and be set for well over a week,

The Wisconsin state excise taxes on all tobacco products increase on September 1, 2009. The increases are as follows:

• On cigarettes, the state excise tax increases by another $0.75! That’s on top of the $0.62 federal excise tax increase in February and $1.00 state excise tax increase back in January 2008. In all, $2.37 in new cigarette excise taxes!
• State and federal cigarette excises taxes have more than tripled in a little over two years!

After this increase, federal and state cigarette excise taxes alone, on average, will account for $3.53—or about 49%—of the retail price of cigarettes in Wisconsin.

• The smokeless tobacco excise tax increases from $1.31 per ounce to 100% of the manufacturer’s price—because of a new tax system that unfairly targets adult premium smokeless tobacco consumers;
• The new tax method will result in adult premium smokeless tobacco consumers paying as much as $1.41 per can more in excise taxes when compared to other smokeless tobacco discount brands!
• The tax on cigars and other tobacco products increases 21%; That’s on top of the 155% increase on large cigars at the federal level. (The state excise tax is capped at $0.50 per cigar).

Aside from the unfair burden that these tax increases place on adult tobacco consumers, these tobacco tax increases will:

• Unfairly target adult premium smokeless tobacco consumers,
• Promote purchases through untaxed or lower-tax venues,
• Create incentives for contraband activity,
• Harm businesses, including retailers and wholesalers, and
• Do little to solve government’s systemic fiscal problems.

 

[beckah54]

And they wonder why most smokers are looking for an alternative!

 

[doots]

Wait til they start doing that to food items. its coming folks.

 

[tlc]

HOLY CRAP! I'm in Wisconsin too, and I wasn't aware of this. Sure glad I quit the analogs. Thanks for posting this!

 

[sattec]

Wait til they start doing that to food items. its coming folks.

sir, yes Sir.