Smoking Ban Statewide as of Jan 1 2008

[Mr. Tune]

Cook county has a 98 cent tax on cigs, not including all the other govmt taxes. Now they will rais it again by 75 cents more.
The purpose is not to disuade people from smoking but to raise revenue for the Illinois budget!
Now, when cig sales decline, do you think perhaps they might increase the taxes on beer and alcohol? Hmmmm..........

Yep, I agree! Or worse raise taxes via property tax or out of our checks. They will make their money one way or the other. If cig sales go down big time, they get it from another source, which will affect everyone, even the bitching non smokers.

People fail to realize how much tax is in cigs. It's not your standard sales tax rate around 7%. It's closer to 50%! That's alot of dough for the government.