Quote Originally Posted by bassin_bug View Post
I don't smoke and had no idea how much a carton of cigarettes cost. My husband does smoke and this morning I saw a receipt for a carton......Holy sheet! They cost $42.58 per carton. That is $170.32/month or $2,214.16/year. I asked him if he had ever considered that $42.58 is half the price of groceries for a week. It is a proven fact that cigarettes cause a lot of healthcare issues and I believe there will be more "Sin Tax" worked into the Healthcare plan. jmo
The SAD fact of the matter is this...............THAT "smoking" tax is supposed to help pay for health care.

So lets run some numbers........

About 45 million people smoke......

With 45 million smokers, and a carton costing 42 bucks a piece.....lets assume 1/2 of that is tax........so 21 bucks a carton is tax.

I don't know what most people smoke a day........but say you go through a carton a week........

$21.00 x 52 = $1092 a year.

$1092 x 42,000,000 = hm.........calculating.............45 BILLION dollars.

Tell me this........where the HELL is THAT MONEY.

Later,

Geo