Jack Gordon on the Cigarette tax

From the AP:

Lawmakers have suggested the creation of a funding source for Medicaid, most likely through a tax. But legislation to reduce Mississippi's 7 percent grocery tax and increase the excise tax on cigarettes have failed in previous sessions. And, Barbour has repeatedly said he's against raising taxes.

"There's a lot of states that have used the tobacco tax increase to (fund Medicaid)," Jack Gordon said. "We have not had very good success at taxes so I don't know if that's a viable source or not to get that passed."