Smoker Friendly Express

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Smoker Friendly/Cigar Express ® has 14 locations throughout
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Our locations in Pittsburgh PA, Erie PA, Meadville PA, Youngstown Ohio,
and Ashtabula Ohio are one of the largest tobacco outlets in the area.
Each location offers a great selection of, Cigarettes - Premium Cigars
- Domestic Cigars - Roll Your Own Tobaccos and Supplies - Snuff and Chew Products - Smoking Accessories - State Lottery Online and Instant Games!

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A Call to ACTION on SCHIP Tax Increases!

The SCHIP program is a top priority for Democrats and may result in the single largest tax increase on one industry’s products in the history of the country. With President-Elect Obama a supporter of SCHIP, the possibility of a tobacco tax increase to fund the expansion looms large even though Obama made campaign promises not to increase taxes on any one who earns less than $250,000. The 2007 SCHIP bills proposed the following increases in the federal tobacco excise tax rates:

Tobacco Product	Current Tax Rates	SCHIP Bill Tax Rates	Percentage Tax Increase
Cigarettes	39¢ per pack	$1.00 per pack	156.4%
Large Cigars	20.719% of manufacturer’s price; cap of 4.875¢/cigar	53% of manufacturer’s price; cap of $3.00/cigar	6,000%
Little Cigars	4¢ per pack	$1.00 per pack	2,197%
Pipe Tobacco	$1.0969 per pound	$2.8126 per pound	156.4%
Chewing Tobacco	19.5¢ per pound	50¢ per pound	156.4%
Snuff	58.5¢ per pound	$1.50 per pound	156.4%
RYO Tobacco	$1.0969 per pound	$8.8889 per pound	710.36%

The Time to Act is NOW!!!

Turbulent Time for Tobacco Requires Grassroots Efforts

No one can say with 100% certainty how the SCHIP legislation will finally be resolved by Congress in 2009. What can be said is that the SCHIP bill is just the beginning of what will be a turbulent year for the tobacco industry. With some in Congress supporting federal cigarette and tobacco tax increases to expand SCHIP and more than 30 states with large budget deficits some of which will also propose higher tobacco taxes as well, NATO wants to remind its members that they must continue to contact their elected officials to be heard on tobacco issues. Maintaining that dialogue and urging everyone to make phone calls continues to be an important part of opposing unfair tobacco legislation.

Your tobacco products will be taxed by an increase of up to 6000%, write, call your local congress person or senator and let them know that this is WRONG!