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Barefoot 11-22-2014 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jblum315 (Post 971395)
High cigarette taxes have reduced the consumption of cigarettes.

I think there are a lot of factors leading to reduced consumption of cigarettes.

Laws against smoking in offices and restaurants.
Now smokers have to huddle outside on smoke breaks instead of the old days when people were free to smoke at their office desk or in bars.
Or perhaps it's the negative publicity that makes cigarette smokers feel like they have a communicable disease.
And possibly the information about how second-hand smoke affects everyone in the family.
And of course the increase in price, but I think the anti-smoking advertising has been the key factor.

Villages PL 11-22-2014 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jblum315 (Post 971395)
High cigarette taxes have reduced the consumption of cigarettes. Taxes on sugary drinks may or may not reduce the consumption of sugary drinks
The trick is to figure out how high the tax needs to be. :)

Villages PL 11-22-2014 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Halibut (Post 971350)
Where and when hasn't it always been that way? And do you feel the same way about the young subsidizing social security for the old?
If more people could demonstrate the ability to save for their old age, we wouldn't need social security. But most people can't (or won't) and whatever people can't do for themselves the government usually ends up doing it for them.


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