Proposed cigar-tax hike has aficionados fuming

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Found this online and thought it was interesting.




Proposed cigar-tax hike has aficionados fuming

Dennis Hawk is going to keep smoking cigars ... for now. The 41-year-old isn't ready just yet to give up his hourlong smoking sessions, even in the face of a proposed federal tax hike. Rather, Hawk's game plan is to "buy as much as I could" before a hefty bump in the taxes, he said. The operational aide at the White House already has a reserve of about 500 cigars in a coolidor at home. So he's prepared to deal with a tax hike, at least for a while. But Hawk will stop purchasing the $12 premium cigars that he favors if the price increases a few dollars, he said. He's not alone. Other cigar smokers say that new taxes could lead them to curb their habits, or switch to less expensive brands

A Senate committee has proposed raising the tax on large cigars to 53.13% of the manufacturer or importer's sale price from the current rate of 20.72%. The cap on the tax per cigar would rise to $10 from 4.9 cents. The proposal is part of a tobacco tax package that would fund health insurance for children.
 
pilot711 said:
The proposal is part of a tobacco tax package that would fund health insurance for children.

Why not teach kids in school not to have kids you can not support?
 
If one of the demoncrats wins and becomes the next president am I the only one who thinks the world might end for the working class anyway.
 
Travismaine said:
If one of the demoncrats wins and becomes the next president am I the only one who thinks the world might end for the working class anyway.
you arent the only one.


what it boils down to is socialised health care. this is the first step.

this is bad, bad, bad. not just for cigar smokers.