Who says ‘slight’ tax increases do not affect behavior?
Still, I do not think the fools will get the message.
Tobacco revenues being down does not indicate less people are smoking. Many may have cut down but they are still smoking. The high tobacco taxes also have created a huge black market. Most of the loss is with the big cigarette makers which all states are all in partnership through the Master Settlement Agreement. The MSM funds are now down in the tens of millions a year in states similar in size as Michigan. Most of this nonsense comes out of the “political correctness” class. Tax the hell out of “political correctness”. The PC crowd are all for taxing and spending other peoples money. If they were given a choice to belly up to the bar and pay, or go away, they would go away!