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1 posted on 03/09/2012 5:54:06 PM PST by bizlawnews
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BS. You can’t believe anything that anyone in THIS regime says.


2 posted on 03/09/2012 5:57:13 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (It's time for Americans to WEAN the government off of OUR money!!!)
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Just like marijuana and other drugs being illegal keeps kids from indulging. BS


3 posted on 03/09/2012 5:59:46 PM PST by doc1019 (Romney will never get my vote!)
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To: bizlawnews

nah they either will get more allowance or steal more from the folks


4 posted on 03/09/2012 6:05:08 PM PST by Nifster
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When cigarettes cost more than pot, then I’d have to concur that it’s working.


5 posted on 03/09/2012 6:07:38 PM PST by BfloGuy (The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
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To: bizlawnews

No way! Taxing something stifles it. Does this work with other things too?


7 posted on 03/09/2012 6:13:15 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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key to keeping American youths from starting to smoke cigarettes is increasing excise taxes on tobacco products

From criminalizing candy cigs and establishing smoke free zones was for naught when the whole trick was to charge the kids more for their tobacco products...that they aren't supposed to be possessing to begin with. Our country is so screwed.
8 posted on 03/09/2012 6:16:12 PM PST by crazyhorse691 (Obama is just the symptom of what is destroying the U.S.)
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Huh???Just last night, our local TV news reported that teen smoking is at an all-time high with 1 out of 4 teens beginning to smoke before age 18.

Looks like the Sturgeon General, one of the most useless posts in our useless government, didn’t get that report yet.


9 posted on 03/09/2012 6:18:57 PM PST by txrefugee
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Really? (UK study but it is up here, too)

The report from the Schools Health Education Unit shows trends in young people's attitudes to smoking between 1983 and 2001.

The findings reveal that 40 per cent of 12 to 13-year-olds admitted they had tried cigarettes in 2001. This rose to 60 per cent among 14 to 15-year-olds.

That compares to 30 per cent of 12 to 13-year-olds in 1990 and 57 per cent of 14 to 15- year-olds.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-171375/Teen-smoking-rates-rise.html

Funny, cigs are taxed much more than they were in the past. Perhaps things like this contribute...

Teen Mom reality star Jenelle

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or how about current Milan runway fashion?

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more here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2107180/Milan-Fashion-Week-2012-Cigarettes-catwalk-row-DSquared-show.html

Or Lindsy Lohan, Miley Cirus, Paris Hilton, Brittany Spears..on and on... They want to tax out of greed and they blame the tobacoo companies and fail to shake a finger at Hollywood and fashion. It is about more money, not --'for the children'

10 posted on 03/09/2012 6:25:58 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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Does the Surgeon General still wear the Captain Kangaroo outfit. It is so fitting.


11 posted on 03/09/2012 6:32:39 PM PST by microgood
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They tax cigarettes and any teen in high school can buy marijuana.


14 posted on 03/09/2012 6:38:24 PM PST by Venturer
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Outlawing tobacco will help much more.(/sarcasm... sort of)


18 posted on 03/09/2012 7:34:31 PM PST by Mark (Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
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To: bizlawnews
Yep, if they've got to pay that much for cigs, they might as well buy some pot, or crack.
19 posted on 03/09/2012 7:45:29 PM PST by FrankR
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when the government uses its power of taxation to regulate a free society’s behavior, there are MAJOR problems involved!!!


20 posted on 03/09/2012 8:15:19 PM PST by terycarl (lurking, but well informed)
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Cheaper to buy pot.


23 posted on 03/09/2012 9:58:18 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
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