So how does taxing cigarettes make it more likely that teens won't smoke? That makes no sense. Also, me and a lot of my friends smoked in our teens back when you could still buy cigarettes in vending machines. I don't smoke today and a lot of us who did smoke when we were younger gave it up as we got older. Your argument that we need GOVERNMNET to protect our children from their bad choices sounds very ANTI-conservative.
And what do these other issues have to do with the issue of government enforced excessive sin tax? Absolutely nothing. You are a typical liberal who attempts to change the subject when they can't defend their point of view.
Maybe you should take a class on logic, it might help your thinking.
So how does taxing cigarettes make it more likely that teens won't smoke? That makes no sense. Taxing? The article was about distributing.
Well I'll answer your question about taxing anyway. Econ 101. As the price increases the demand decreases. Any other questions?