CIGARETTE TAX--Tom Jackson, of the Ohio Grocers Association, gestures during a news conference by opponents of a proposed 50-cent-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 8, 2002. Members of the Ohio Council for Reasonable Business Policy claim that the tax, which would be used to help balance an estimated $1.25 billion state budget shortfall, would result in the loss of jobs and of tax revenue. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)