The Kitty Litter in Your Cigarette Allows Tobacco Companies to Avoid $1.1 Billion in Taxes

WHAT NOW? Apparently there is cat litter in cigarettes—or rather the clay found in cat litter is used in cigarettes as filler. This allows tobacco companies to “weigh down” their cigarettes so that they will fall into the “large cigar” category-helping the companies avoid a federal excise tax increase of 2,653%. The rule goes as follows: More »