It would save the federal government $5 million over five years and $2 million over 10 years, in part by reducing healthcare costs, the CBO estimated. (the health care savings are imaginary since people who stop smoking tend to develop other health problems that cigarette smoking may be preventing.) And of course if a ninety year old stops smoking they are still ninety years old.

But state and local governments, which collected about $19 billion in 2008 from taxes on tobacco products, would lose more than $1 billion from 2010 to 2014.

Let us hope the Senata or Obama is smart enough to tell the House, fuck no you bunch of crazy nerds who hate cool people who like to smoke after sex and sometimes even with a cigarette.

eh, whatever.