[bobbyT]

Anybody hearing about their taxes being raised on tobacco? i guarantee that is one sure way the politicians are going to pay for their bailout...anytime something is wrong, tax the smokers!

[cooldude]

There is usually a one dollar increase per carton every year since 1999. You'll find a lot of wholesalers load up on cartons just before the yearly increase. And when the increases come out, their inventories increase in value by that amount. Everybody all the way down the line makes money off the increases except us consumers.