If you were a doctor, would you live in BF Texas for four years in exchange for $160,000?
As it turns out, probably not.
According to the Lubbock Journal, the $1.32 minimum tax on smokeless tobacco that went in to effect last year isn’t getting doctors to live in shitty places. Why? Living in a shitty place [...]
January is almost through. It’s been a tough month for snus fans. We learned Claq Qui and General Maxi are being retired. I ordered a good amount of each, and am currently using a Claq.
But there was something odd about my tin of Claq. I saw a sign. Take a look:
That’s right. The Virgin Mary [...]
The PACT Act was given a thumbs up by the Judiciary Committee today, which means that it could go through all the other bullshit before the end of the year. Let’s hope it doesn’t. There are still a few steps in this process and with luck, there will be 20 feet of snow in Washington [...]
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will discuss and vote on whether it will send the PACT Act to the Senate for a full vote.
This would be kind of a bummer for buying snus online. Either it would either make it illegal or put a bunch of hoops so that it would be a pain [...]
Looks like smokeless tobacco (including snus) and large cigars will get no new taxes in Pennsylvania. The senate passed the bill sent to them by the house yesterday and the Governor has said that he’ll sign it. Cigarettes and small cigars are getting hit with a 25 cent per pack tax increase.
The latest version through the Pennsylvania House hikes taxes 25 cents on each pack of cigarettes and small cigars, but leaves large cigars and smokeless tobacco untaxed. The bill now moves to the Senate for a vote.
In the House version of the Pennsylvania state budget sits a new tobacco tax. The new tax, if it becomes law, would increase the retail price of tobacco sold in Pennsylvania by 30%. This would give the state a tax on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco for the first time. It would also no longer be [...]
