Oh my, ringing the dinner bell for the illegal cigarette trade. Back in the early 90s they tried that up here in Canada and illegal untaxed cigarettes were coming up through the native reserves in Quebec and Ontario by the truckload.
the cost of a pack of cigarettes in 1979 was about 35 cents, I don’t know what it is now, but the rest is all tax and lawsuits.
These do good liberals are amazing. If the “product kills” there should be a law against it not a method to raise revenue. But then again we are dealing with the criminal class in DC anyway.
What happen to the free market? Why don’t they tax cars, knives and pharmaceutical drugs that people die from?
“Raising taxes on tobacco products is one of the most effective – and cost-effective – ways to reduce consumption of products that kill, while also generating substantial revenue,”
...hahahahaha! Stupid ass! Joe Kennedy, Al Capone made their fortunes from prohibition. This doofus is begging for black market sales.
America needs 75% less Government to survive.
Silly WHO. The most effective way is to ban their manufacture, sale, and possession. After all, this works for drugs, doesn’t it? Oops, that cuts off the money the Feds make off it. They can always confiscate enough to make up the difference. /s
of course they would never decide to tax other things (like fatty food) at 75% “for the common good” / sarc
If the Feds and state governments increase taxes on tobacco products up to seventy five percent,you’ll find a black market in cigarettes in no time at all.
The WHO can suck my ____K ...we subsidize the growing and not growing of tobacco in every farm bill...then for good measure allow the thieving lawyers to sue the hell out of Tobacco companies ( we subsidize) and the proceeds went mainly into public funds in direct violation of the courts orders...after the 300-700 hundred million went to the thieves with a license (lawyers....hell I buy 30 lbs a year from North carolina for peanuts and roll my own...ONLY MORONS buy by the pack....chemically treated and flavored tobacco creates the REAL bad complex carcinogens...what I buy is ALL natural...BIG difference....RAISE it and the black market will BOOM some more...and revenue will decrease as anything taxed too much...fkin morons.
What is her plan as revenues dry up when consumption decreases?
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.
...well we need to raise the tax on ‘rainbow’ flags more, it costs money to burn them you know...
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.
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?
