Low-income smokers may end up enrolling in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to offset the higher costs of cigarettes. This is how universally beloved cigarette taxes are: the last time Congress voted on a measure to raise them, Barack Obama was president, and he managed to convince 40 Republican representatives to support him, which was about 40 more than usual.1 It is not hard to see why tobacco taxes are an easy sell: Who wouldn't support a measure that hits the rare exacta of boosting government revenue and discouraging a staggeringly unhealthy addiction that costs countless lives and untold dollars? It seems like a slam dunk, but then reality rears its ugly head. It turns ou... [Read more]