Bad enough that states are grabbing more fuel tax and toll money out of truckers’ pockets as they search for money to balance their budgets.

Now they’re after your after-dinner smokes.

States across the country are looking to raise cigarette taxes, Stateline.org reported recently. Even the states with the highest tax on smokes – New Jersey at $2.05 a pack and Rhode Island at $1.71 – are considering new tobacco taxes.

Some states have even dipped into funds from the national tobacco court settlement for non-health concerns, Stateline.org said.

Roughly a third of truckers – 34 percent – smoke, according to the 2001 OOIDA Member Survey, the latest figures available. That’s a reduction from previous years, said John Siebert of the OOIDA Foundation.