Lawmakers in Louisiana consider revising the state’s health insurance program for children soon. The new amendments state that the insurance program for children will also cover the children of legal immigrants in the state.

The new legislation, which was approved by the federal House of Representatives, should provide insurance for the children of soon-to-be citizens of the United States, but there is still a fierce debate over the extra financial support needed. Currently, it seems that lawmakers agreed that the state should implement a new smoker-oriented tax that will offer the necessary funds in order to make the revised law feasible.

However, it seems that a new cigarette tax is not really the best way to collect funds these days and, moreover, the measure might contradict some of President Obama’s guidelines for his administration. First, it should be noted that the number of smokers across the United States has been declining during the last few years, as the numerous health campaigns convinced many Americans to give up smoking.

Second, President Obama has always stressed during the election campaign that he would not increase taxes for people who gain less than $250,000 a year, so it will be hard for him to roll out a tax oriented to smokers, who gain about $44,000 a year on average.

However, analysts expect that lawmakers will make concessions in order to pass the bill as soon as possible, as the reform of the health system has been one of the main priorities of the Obama administration.