My Hattiesburg

Smokers get a new tax

Smokers in Hattiesburg are complaining about the new tax to be increased on a box of cigarettes to $10. In my humble opinion, this is completely justified. Have you been looking on the ground lately around Hattiesburg? The ground is littered with cigarette butts that smokers carelessly toss away as they hurry to light up another. Why am I so harsh on smokers? Because they are so harsh on theirselves. My only regret is that they don’t give alchohol the same punishment, it has even more detrimental effects on society as a whole.