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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
Smokes are more than 10 bucks a pack in canada and still, it doesn't stop people on welfare or disability one bit. Its all about priorities ya know
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Sure it does.
Studies show that for every X% tax increase on smokers, there is an X% drop in the number of people who smoke.
Sure you may know of people that would rather smoke than eat, that's actually pretty common in Africa I hear....but that doesn't change the truth of what I said about if they continue to raise the taxes, at some point they're going to start getting diminishing returns, and actually collect less in taxes every time they raise them.
Then someone else is going to have to pay for all the programs that tobacco taxes currently pay for. (read: non smokers)