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  • Why a tax on tobacco???

    03/28/2009 4:33:51 PM PDT · by djf · 86 replies · 1,559+ views
    djf
    This coming Wednesday, taxes on all forms of tobacco will go up. Taxes on a pack of cigarettes will increase 62 cents. Taxes on loose, rool-your-own tobacco will go from about a dollar a pound to an astounding $24 per pound. All this is being done in the name of SCHIP, the State Childrens Health Insurance program. My question is this: Given the fact that the vast majority of children don't smoke, but also given the fact that there is a growing obesity problem in children and young adults, wouldn't it make more sense to tax potato chips and Big...