COLUMBUS, Ohio – Earlier this year, Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced his budget, which included a 60-cent-per-pack hike in the state’s cigarette tax. Now a new poll shows that residents would support an even higher increase, the Columbus Dispatch reports.

The poll by Fallon Research revealed that 60% of respondents would be okay with a $1 per pack tax hike — which would raise the cost of a pack of cigarettes by $2.25. Sixty-seven percent would approve taxing all tobacco products, including chewing tobacco and e-cigarettes, at the same rate as cigarettes. “It’s an extremely popular policy,” said Paul Fallon of Fallon Research.

Kasich proposed a tax increase from 17% to 49% of the wholesale price on other tobacco products, adding e- cigarettes to the mix for the first time. He juxtaposed the tobacco tax hike with a reduction of 8.5% in the income tax.

Convenience stores, tobacco firms and wholesalers are against any increase in tobacco taxes, saying customers would simply drive to nearby Kentucky or West Virginia, which both have lower tobacco taxes. Also of concern is the potential for a bigger black market for cigarettes.

But the likelihood of the Ohio legislature considering any increase is mixed. Rep. Jeff McClain, who chairs the state’s House Ways and Means Committee, said support isn’t strong. “With cigarette tax, some folks are willing to increase it and some are dead set against it.”