| Those of you out there who smoke or keep track of | | | | productivity, and lets us smoke might sound a bit |
| tax hikes and budget cuts may be aware of the $.62 | | | | impossible given the situation. May sound like a dream, |
| cent federal tobacco tax hike which was enacted by | | | | but it really isn't. There is an alternative that lets you get |
| Congress and signed into law by President Obama in | | | | everything you want out of a cigarette, but without all |
| mid 2009. This has taken the federal tobacco tax from | | | | taxes, chemicals, and smoke related health risks. Does |
| the previous $.39 cent to a whopping $1.01. | | | | it still sound too good to be true? Well allow me to |
| Keep in mind, this is the only the federal tax we are | | | | explain. |
| talking about, we haven't even gotten to the state tax | | | | The electronic cigarette is a new piece of technology |
| yet. State taxes have been steadily rising since 2002 | | | | that you probably have never even heard about. With |
| and gone up from an average of $.43 cents to $1.34 | | | | all those cheap gimmicks and false promises, it's hard |
| per pack. It's estimated that 1.2 million people will quit | | | | to think something as good as this could exist, but it |
| smoking due to this tobacco tax hike. | | | | does! The electronic cigarette is a personal vaporizer |
| So what's the bright side? It can't be all bad, can it? | | | | the size of a cigarette that cuts out all the middlemen. |
| There will be an estimated $9 billion dollars raised | | | | The vaporizer emits water vapor that is inhaled, feeling |
| annually for state expenditures from the tobacco tax | | | | very much like cigarette smoke, except without the |
| hikes. | | | | harsh, dry, scratchy feel. |
| $9 billion dollars seems like a large sum of money, and | | | | The Green Smoke electronic cigarette is by far the |
| it is, but it's a ripple in an ocean compared to the | | | | best available on the market. A smooth |
| estimated $193 billion dollars in healthcare expenditures | | | | indistinguishable feel of smoking without the carbon |
| and productivity lost each year. The $9 billion combined | | | | monoxide, chemical additives... and taxes? (You must |
| with the potential for saved healthcare costs and | | | | be kidding.) It's even cheaper than tobacco cigarettes. |
| unhindered productivity may very well be a small, but | | | | (Oh, COME ON!) Nope, you don't just have to take my |
| they are important step in bringing the country out of | | | | word for it, better yet, go and check it out for yourself. |
| recession. | | | | Here are a couple resources available with some |
| Now, for us smokers, that may sound all great, but | | | | additional information on the Green Smoke electric |
| unfortunately that's not going to make me quit smoking. | | | | cigarette that may very well be the unexpected |
| Well, then looking for something that helps fatten up | | | | answer you were looking for. |
| our wallets, keeps the doctors away, maintain | | | | |