Cigarette Taxes are paying for it... Actually its a Total Tobacco Tax... Mainly Cigarette's though...
Just on my State:
Illinois's excise tax per pack of cigarettes: $0.98
Illinois's excise tax collection for the
fiscal year ending June 2001: $477,579,348

Sales tax on tobacco products: 6.25%
Local tax on tobacco products: $65,800,360

Federal excise tax per pack of cigarettes: $0.39
Total federal excise tax collections in fiscal year 2001: $6,040,628,000
Again you can sign up here to keep an eye on your State...
https://mysmokersrights.rjrt.com 

Master Settlement Agreement Payments To Date

$1,101,762,374 has been paid to Illinois since the Master Settlement Agreement was signed on November 23, 1998.
And some of the Schools in Illinois are Closing???
Major Potholes all over the State???
Things just don't add up now do they LMAO!!!

Enjoy
Hog

I believe our kids will be getting the tab for this one.

Kids??

these are the figures paid already by US... and this is Just Illinois above... Wonder what California Smokers pay?? or any other State for that matter...

Hog

That money went to welfare.

Both humanitarian and corporate.

Hog I cant say much about this as NC has one of the lowest tobacco taxes in the US. But damn, thats a lot `o zero`s!!!!! and schools are closing? someone is getting ready for retirement!

I thought the Illinois toll roads were paying for it!

LMAO... the Only Toll Roads are up in Northern Illinois and they don't run very far...

Hog