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Quit smoking and suddenly food tastes incredible which explains the weight gain completely now

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As it happens, while the ACA itself currently allows up to a 50% smoking surcharge, there's nine states + DC which either restrict it to less than 50% or which don't allow any tobacco surcharge at all...some of which may be surprising: Arkansas : 20% surcharge allowed California: no surcharge allowed Colorado : 15% surchare allowed District of Columbia : no surcharge allowed Kentucky : 40% surcharge allowed Massachusetts : no surcharge allowed New Jersey : no surcharge allowed New York : no surcharge allowed Rhode Island: no surcharge allowed Vermont : 1% surcharge allowed (Connecticut has a 50% tobacco surcharge cap but that's the same as the ACA's so it's not terribly relevant here)

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