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Ed Pawlowski

On 2/6/2014 10:13 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:03:38 -0600, Swingman wrote:
Meh. Damned progressives. If they can't constitutionally ban it, they will
attempt to tax it to death, thereby increasing crime, and more excuses to
fill the prisons:

Really? You're complaining that taxing cigarettes is increasing crime?
You've got to be kidding. You're one of the smartest people I know,
but your IQ just dropped twenty points.

He is spot on. I see people going out of their way to circumvent that
taxes. Buying mail order, buying out of state, and it is a hot item for
thieves breaking into stores.

Whatever crime and costs that might be attributed to taxing cigarettes
is VASTLY overshadowed by the loss of lives and costs to the
healthcare system from people smoking.

That may be true, but taxation has done very little to reduce the number
of smokers. Some sort of education program may help. Taking away the
"cool factor" for young teenagers would help a lot. I was about 13 when
I started, just like the big kids, but was able to quite in my 20's.