U.S. to increase tobacco tax. What's your opinion?

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jessi - 24 Jul 2007 14:13 GMT

U.S. to increase tobacco tax. What's your opinion?
http://thehealthcare.blogspot.com/2007/07/us-to-increase-tobacco-tax-whats-your.html

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aplusboy@gmail.com - 25 Jul 2007 14:47 GMT

> U.S. to increase tobacco tax. What's your opinion?http://thehealthcare.blogspot.com/2007/07/us-to-increase-tobacco-tax-...

I recently quit smoking after 35 years. I quit for health reasons not
because of taxes. I doubt raising them would do any good. Gasoline at
$3.35 a gallon hasn't stopped people from driving. People are willing
to pay for their addictions, whether it be nicotine or gas guzzeling
vehicles. Be real, heroin addicts don't quit because the price of the
drug went up.

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A Ross - 25 Jul 2007 18:21 GMT

> > U.S. to increase tobacco tax. What's your
> > opinion?http://thehealthcare.blogspot.com/2007/07/us-to-increase-tobacco-tax
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> vehicles. Be real, heroin addicts don't quit because the price of the
> drug went up.

Vice taxes are in place because people ARE willing to pay for their
addictions. As a non-smoker (quit in 1995) I don't care a lick about the
price of a pack of smokes. Tax away, but put that money towards
health-care funding. I'd be surprised if that is where the money
actually goes now...I mean *actually* goes. Really.

Of course, when everyone quits smoking and driving SUV's, they'll have
to start taxing broccoli, organic carrots, and soy nuts.

Amy
168/115/...

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