I am from South Carolina and I think it is a great bill. I am for any bill that makes it harder for children to smoke cigarettes.
Only parents can make it harder for children to smoke cigarettes. Would you like the state to take over parenting also?
Fooor the Chiiiiiildren!
Always the last refuge of a scoundrel with an agenda!
The myriad of laws we have enacted to "reduce teen smoking" over the years has had little effect on teen smoking, but a huge effect on the cost of doing business for a legal product.
If we were serious about or "children's" health we would not use these ineffective methods, but would instead ban the product altogether. Instead we want to appear to be doing something about the problem while doing nothing that makes a difference.
I am from South Carolina also, but I do not support targeting a legal product with burdensome regulations and taxes. But I would support outlawing tobacco sales altogether even though I am a smoker.
I find it humorous that the same people that used to complain about "sin" taxes and how ineffectual they were, have now embraced "health" taxes, while expecting different results.
Ok. So you are telling us that the kids in SC have no parental supervision? That the state needs to raise each child? How about teaching the kids at home about tobacco prevention?
And kids today who pay $80 dollars and up for designer jeans won't think twice about the tax increase on cigarettes IF they want to get them bad enough.
It's illegal for any child under 18 to buy cigarettes. So, how do you suppose that an increase in the taxes is going to stop them from smoking? Can you answer me that?