U.S. would reap billions from $1 cigarette tax hike | Reuters

However they never think of the fact that people change when they are getting fleeced by the Government...they stop smoking. Then - suddenly - the Government can't understand why the revenue projections just aren't there....DUH. I wish nobody smoked...by why keep pummeling the folks that can least afford it these days...?

U.S. would reap billions from $1 cigarette tax hike | Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Adding a $1 per pack tax to cigarettes could raise more than $9 billion a year for states, health advocates said on Wednesday, and a poll released with the study shows Americans would support such a tax."