biggamefishr

4.79 a can+1.50 a can tax for redseal this morning....I was paying 3.01 a can a week ago AFTER tax (2.79+tax). its still 2.99 a can in alabama after tax though. I got just enough to cover the cost of the extra gas that i burned driving over there :angel. you can definately make it worth your while though when you're paying half the price



btw...skoal was 5.99 a can+tax (a dollar an ounce)...so you guys that were complaining about paying 6.50 a few days ago...well its 7.50 or so now.

Splittine

I went through my last can Friday. im fine till I get in my truck and have to drive a long distance like right now from the house to Andalusia then Dothan then to Panama City.

-=Desperado=-

Yeah its pretty ridiculous to tax something like this so much money.It is Communism and no less than that.Because i enjoy doing something that someone sees as being harmful they want to raise the taxes by that much.



alcohol causes more teenage deaths than tobacco ever thought of.Doctor malpractice causes more deaths than tobacco and alcohol put together.

I mean if they really want to do it right lets just tax everything a little extra that causes injury's,Hell lets just go ahead and slap a dollar tax on gas now while were at it.

I cannot believe our government is allowing this bullshit.So because i like to smoke i now have to pay an extra dollar of my money to people that dont want to work.



Now that is gonna make all the welfare folks who smoke have to Bumb even harder and break more laws to pay for there habits.



WHY in THE F&^CK did they decide to do this crap when the economy is bottoming out.I mean really.More taxes on tobacco means less jobs now for tobacco farmers and MORE cutbacks at the factory's.Its a joke is what it is and i dont see how these ASS%*LES get elected.

biggamefishr

will...my main thing is I don't understand why the tobacco companies raised their prices along with the tax increase. but not only did they raise their prices, but they almost doubled them (2.79 to 4.79) yet its still 2.79 in alabama?

Semi-Retired

Not enough people are willing to stand up in force against government, at all levels. Everyone is mad about tax increases but only a couple hundred show up for the Tea parties???? Sure, they may not make a dent in the runaway spending but it get's in the news media, which is a start. I'm just curious how long it will be when we find out the tobacco tax is not actually going to fund what it's supposed to. Just like the lottery, FEMA money and such, it's going to be spent on "special projects".

Voting has consequences!!!!!!

chad403

And PEOPLE THOUGHT OBAMA WASNT GOING TO TAX THE MIDDLE CLASS....

FIRST IS YOUR TOBACCO, THEN YOUR LIQOUR, THEN YOUR CAR THAT GETS LETS THEN 30 MILES PER GALLON, YALL WATCH OUT FOR THIS MONSTER.

Tuna Man

In order for the tobacco companies to make approx the same profit (in dollars, not percentage)they raised the wholesale price.

Getsome

If i'm not mistaken it was the state of Florida that just went up on Tobacco. They were trying to close budget gaps so if you smoke, dip, or drive a car you will pay more. I heard that car tags almost doubled. Be glad you don't live in California, they are issuing IOU's for everything because they have no money.

angus_cow_doctor

Welcome to Florida, AKA the mini-california!

saltfisher1

Your wonderful governor signed the paper to raise tobacco taxes in Fl....He just followed suit with Obama so he might have a run at the whitehouse soon...He has to get his campaign money somehow.