Help Fix the Biggest Threat to Pipe Tobacco
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@kashmir: the F#%King http://josephcrusejohnson.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html link 8O :rofl:
Thanks for the post. Yeah, I know Lautenberg and Menendez are both staunchly anti-tobacco. Thanks Kevin and romeowood for clearing that up for me.
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Just getting in and checking my email got a response from my Congressman Saxby Chambliss, he writes:
"Thank you for contacting me about tobacco product labeling. I have contacted the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (ATB) on your behalf and will certainly share their response with you once I receive it.
If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me."
I'll wait and see if he replies with. Certainly intresting. :
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"Thank you for contacting me about tobacco product labeling. I have contacted the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (ATB) on your behalf and will certainly share their response with you once I receive it.
If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me."
I'll wait and see if he replies with. Certainly intresting. :
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I wish I could help you guys. Down here in the bottom of the world NZ we have parity between pipe and cigg tobacco if anything its worse... but I support your efforts from afar cos it will affect me as well as i buy my tobacco from the land of "free", though they are quite keen of stripping that from you guys.
I know we are supposed to be clean and green New Zealand, we haven't been there for years. the only green we are 100% pure is the stuff that certain people put into those funny little pipes that sell as tobacco pipes ( I mean come on ! who wants a pipe that holds one puff of baccy). Good luck and may the Tobacco god give you strength in your battle against the powers that be..
I know we are supposed to be clean and green New Zealand, we haven't been there for years. the only green we are 100% pure is the stuff that certain people put into those funny little pipes that sell as tobacco pipes ( I mean come on ! who wants a pipe that holds one puff of baccy). Good luck and may the Tobacco god give you strength in your battle against the powers that be..
Here's the response from my Congressman. Bill Young has responded positively to everything I've sent him.
While I realize that this type of taxation is grossly unwelcomed and savage at best, I don't know if I agree with the statement that pipe tobacco could become extinct. I think, if anything, it will make us reevaluate the way that we buy tobacco and our amount of consumption. Ill give you an example. I generally smoke 2-3 bowls a day. A 2 oz. tin of tobacco, at that rate, will last me about a week and a half. If you do the math on this one, if this tax hike does take effect, the price of a 2 oz. tin of tobacco will go up roughly 1.75 a tin. I realize that higher taxes suck, but to me, and the rate that I smoke, paying the extra 1.75 for a tin of my favorite tobacco is well worth it. I think there will be people out there who will continue to support the pipe and tobacco industry even if the tax does hit, and I think that instead of worrying, we should all continue to enjoy the hobby as we have come to know it. That being said, I am about to send my email and letter now. After all, I'll pay the higher tax if I have to, but I'll be damned if I'm not gonna give them a fight along the way.
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