Smokers will be paying 1.6% of New York State's budget:

Now that the state per-pack tax has risen to $2.75. From the AP:

Cigarette taxes will raise a total of $1.3 billion for the state budget in fiscal year 2008-2009, including the new tax.

The state budget is expected to be $81 billion.

It's certainly good that poor, addicted people will be funding the government instead of wealthy millionaires. That's because smoking is morally suspect and as pariahs they deserve to suffer.



posted by Quiddity at 6/03/2008 05:37:00 PM