Another tobacco tax, this time on pipe and hookah blends by Captain Tripps on Myspace

Another tobacco tax, this time on pipe and hookah blends

On January 13, 2010, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) and co-sponsor Rep. Lloyd Doggett(D-TX) introduced bill H.R. 4439 to congress to raise the federal pipe tobacco tax from $2.8311US per pound to $24.78US per pound and “To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose the same rate of tax on pipe tobacco as is imposed on roll-your-own tobacco.”

At the time of this article, this has not been reported by any news agency. This seems to be the way that all anti-tobacco legislation has been happening as of late. “Do not report on it until is has already passed” and I am sick of them sneaking their laws in and not letting the public know until after it is passed.

If this bill passes, the average increase to your favorite blends will be about:

$2.74US per 50gr
$5.48US per 100gr
$13.68US per 250gr
$27.36US per 500gr
$54.72US per 1000gr

These prices would be added onto the price you are currently paying for those amounts of hookah tobacco. So with the average price of 50g of Al Fakher being about $3.00US, the new price would be $8.00US! That is outrageous!

Thanks to Neal at Hookah Domain for the news!!

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