The cost of lighting up in the United States skyrocketed Wednesday under a federal tax hike on tobacco to fund new health care coverage to uninsured children.
The federal tax on a pack of cigarettes more than tripled to more than one dollar, from 39 cents, the Treasury Department said. For a 10-pack carton, the tax leapt to 10.06 dollars from 3.90 dollars.
Taxes on all other tobacco products increased. Some of the largest hikes were on roll-your-own tobacco, raised to 24.78 dollars per pound from 1.09 dollars, and small cigars, to 50.33 dollars per 1,000 from 1.82 dollars.
(Source: AFP)
This is the perfect time for you to switch over to the electronic cigarette. There's no tobacco in e-cigarettes, and no tobacco equals no tobacco tax. It also means no risk of lung cancer because, like I've said many times before, you're inhaling water vapor + nicotine, not the 4000+ chemicals and carcinogens found in regular "analog" cigarettes. In fact, once you start e-smoking, you'll see that you're paying less than $3 for the equivalent of one pack of cigarettes.
In short: stop paying tobacco taxes, smoke anywhere your heart desires (regardless of smoking bans), regain your health, and continue to smoke. You can get the pleasures of smoking without the pain of cancer and emphysema. Live long enough to see your grand-kids (and possibly even great grand-kids). I've never found an easier decision in my life.
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Never before has a product offered so much, for so little. Make the switch to electronic cigarettes. You can thank me later. :)
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