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WHO: Governments Need to Tax Cigarettes by 75 Percent or More
theblaze.com ^
| 7/7/2015
| Liz Klimas
Posted on 07/07/2015 7:07:35 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman
a declining base of users
I live in a 20-unit apartment complex. About 1/3 are older folks and 2/3 are younger singles or families.
I notice that many of the young households have at least one smoker.
I thought all the years of educating from the Tobacco Settlement money 2 decades ago would be the end of cigs. [/s]
I quit in 2003 after nearly 40 years of smoking. At today's prices, I figure I save around $250-300 per month. Increased prices, primarily due to increased taxes, was instrumental my quitting.
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posted on
07/07/2015 7:37:14 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: rktman
What is her plan as revenues dry up when consumption decreases?
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posted on
07/07/2015 7:43:00 AM PDT
by
depressed in 06
(America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
To: rktman
We are already way beyond that. Materials + labor a pack of smokes can probably be sold profitably for around $1.50. Can’t find them retail in virtually any state for less than $5.
To: rktman
...well we need to raise the tax on ‘rainbow’ flags more, it costs money to burn them you know...
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:05:01 AM PDT
by
HarleyLady27
(Send 'slob boy of the oval office' back to Kenya ASAP, and save America...)
To: Ingtar
The most effective way is to ban their manufacture, sale, and possession. After all, this works for drugs, doesnt it?No, it doesn't.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:09:20 AM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: ConservingFreedom
I think you missed my sarcasm tag.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:15:44 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
To: Ingtar
It was worth answering anyway. :-)
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:16:58 AM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: rktman
Just ban the sh!t altogether. Ban it, stomp it out and then figure out what the hell to do with the lost punitive taxes. Hypocrites.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:26:20 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Gaffer
LOL! Yeah, let’s take a legal product and tax the crap out of it and push users into dark corners while pushing for the legalization of another inhaled product, which is currently illegal by the feds, and bring it in to the light. Haven’t seen too many “truth” ads to keep kids away from marijuana. So, in another 50 years are we going to see (I won’t see them) studies showing the bad side effects from long term use of pot?
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:46:33 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:52:30 AM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: rktman
When I used to smoke a pack of Marlboros were twenty five cents at the Walgreens on fourth street in Louisville. They’ve gone up?
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posted on
07/07/2015 9:16:50 AM PDT
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LouAvul
(Liberalism: much more than just a mental illness)
To: LouAvul
LOL! Uh, yeah. You need to get out more often. :>}
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posted on
07/07/2015 9:18:22 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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