There are fewer and fewer smokers every year. Also, studies show that as the prices of cigarettes go up, the sales of cigarettes decline. For every 10 percent increase, sales fall by 4 percent.

Some legislators are in favor of this bill, because supporting this tax cut will sound good on the campaign trail next year.

The bill will shortchange the general fund by about $19 million per year. Given the condition of our state budget, there is only so much you can cut. Pretty soon you have cut through the fat, and then you are into the meat and the bone.

I know one lab that studies nicotine receptors and all the scientists are smokers, and another lab that studies impulse control and they're all overweight.

These figures suggest that a large number of smokers are purchasing their cigarettes through alternate channels such as across state borders or over the Internet.

Winner never quits & quitter never wins. Not applicable to smokers and dopers