Surfmac, Its Fla today, tomorrow it will be Illinois etc........ Today its pipes they want to tax,tomorrow it will be lighters. It's not gonna stop at pipe tobacco or pipes. Trust me. When there's nothing left to tax they will start over, only increasing it. Look at what they have done to cigarette smokers besides treating them like lepers. I quit smoking cigarettes not because of health concerns, but because in Illinois a pack of cigarettes is near $8.00, over half is tax I believe. Sapo59 is right. We better start taking a better look at who we elect and then take a second closer look just to be sure.