(formerly known as Peter Hand Brewery)
Combined with length-based excise duty (2,050-8,500 per 1,000 cigarette sticks), HSNS Cess, and NCCD, total tax burden reaches 52-53% of retail price, potentially increasing cheapest cigarette prices by 280-400%
While there were positive aspects of this bill, including the 12 Community Funding Projects we submitted to help residents of NY-24, fully funding veterans healthcare and toxic exposure programs, military construction projects and important agricultural research programs, this bill in its entirety, negotiated behind closed doors, was a bridge too far
It had a range of styles, from two ethereal piano-driven tracks, Obsessions and Im Not a Robot, which address OCD tendencies and social isolation, to songs with poppier aspirations discussing wider societal issues