A lot of smokers have grown children but yet they're forced to pay a cigarette tax that is supposed to help fund public education.  The only seniors that should be exempt from a sales tax are the seniors living on a poverty level fixed income; $1,200 per month.  The vast majority of seniors have generous retirements, oftentimes a spouse retirement, who can well afford what mainstream taxpayers pay in taxes.  Juneau repealed their seniors' tax exemption.