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| Yes | 62% | 697 votes | Total: 1133 votes | |
| No | 38% | 436 votes |
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It is imperative that this subject not be looked at in a vacuum. Many unhealthy habits and practices are accompanied by high taxes. One reason for this is that because you are...read more
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by James Smith
Are high taxes on Cigarettes Fair? Smoking currently is a massive health-care problem which dramatically impacts the lives of people and puts tremendous stress on the health...read more
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by Ajani Mgo
The common misconception about cigarette taxing is that the government does it to discourage people from starting to smoke, or those already doing so to reconsider their habits....read more
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Hell yes! I was a smoker once for many years, I have now stopped for six years, and even when I was a smoker I was in accord with the government imposing high taxes on tobac...read more
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by Gary Betts
Do I think high taxes on cigarettes are fair? No, they should be even higher. These taxes do not even come close to what society has to pay out because an individual has chosen ...read more
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YES, taxing cigarettes can generate a lot of dough for the coffers. Cigarettes start off as a luxury. You don't have to smoke. Just like you don't have to eat candy, or to e...read more
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by Ian Loft
The cost of cigarettes is a great deal more than what a smoker pays at the counter. There are at least 42 known carcinogenic chemicals along with hundreds of other toxins that ...read more
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Cigarette smokers would say cigarettes are essential - they are addicted, so they can't manage without them, and they can't help that. Other essentials like food are not highly...read more
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by Raven Lebeau
No one needs cigarettes, nor can anyone make a convincing case that cigarettes have in any way improved their existence. I don't begrudge anyone their right to smoke, but when ...read more
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by Eriam Nite
Eleven score and fourteen years ago, a mob of angry American colonists dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor in blazing protest to what they deemed a grotesquely unfair...read more
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by V. Kumar
Taxes can influence human behavior. If smoking is a behavior that we wish to influence, then taxes are an important tool for doing so. If imposing taxes on consumers can cont...read more
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by Diane Quinn.
Smokers should view the cigarette tax as a tough love approach from our government. You know, the same kind of tough love now in force by laws prohibiting smoking in any public...read more
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by Rick Paquin
Would the cigarette, if invented today, be legal? Sure for all those who love to drink PCB's. What would be better? What should be done to reduce the use of this deadly product?...read more
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The high taxes that the Government imposes on cigarettes are definitely fair for the cigarette companies. It is absolutely cruel and immoral to produce something that is not onl...read more
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Yes, I think high taxes on cigarettes are fair. Smoking is a habit that causes serious health problems that all of us have to pay for in the form of higher life insurance pre...read more
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by Bryan Litson
The answer becomes simple with education. The question deals entirely with the concept of "externalities." I will explain. I walk into a store and order a candy bar. I ...read more
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by Ahmad Hashmi
Taxation is a tool used by the Governments not only to earn revenue but also to control the national economy and consumer behavior. Governments impose higher taxes on imported g...read more
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Unfortunately, tobacco use is well ingrained into the American culture as the unhealthy habit set off a tobacco craze in the days when our Nation was just a collection of Britis...read more
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I am a smoker, and I hate that I am. I began smoking when I was 11 years old, and at a time when there were no government health warning about the damage that smoking can do. By...read more
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High taxes on cigarettes! Who cares? It really doesn't matter even if they will double-up the taxes on cigarettes. Who will benefit? Is it the government, the manufacturer or th...read more
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Before you begin spewing "tough love" bile all over the screen, let me tell you a little bit about the Cigarette Tax. First, calm your regard for my opinion as biased, let me...read more
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by DragonBlue
Are cigarette taxes fair? No. Not only NO but NO WAY MAN! In some states they still call this a sin tax. Cigarettes are legal to buy and consume, just like Mountain Dew, Diet...read more
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NO. High taxes on cigarettes are not fair. More appropriately, "Are Extremely High Taxes on Cigarettes Fair?" Government has appropriated extremely high taxes on cigarettes, mai...read more
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To decide whether or not cigarette taxes are fair, it is important to consider what the point of having a government is. A government in a constitutional democracy is there t...read more
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Imposing higher taxes on cigarette smokers, along with anyone that uses tobacco products is an injustice because it focuses taxation to generate income from a specific portion o...read more
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by sunseed
NO! Targeting smokers is not fair at all! I recently quit smoking after 41 years of indulging in that unhealthy,nasty habit. I can tell you that it was not the cost that caused ...read more
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I am a non-smoker and I believe persecuting smokers is ridiculous. I do believe in not sampling brands of Kool, Newport, Bronsons or Marlboro during a dinner out. However, tha...read more
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by Marsha Welch
This question, to a non-smoker, seems as if it should be answered with a resounding yes, mostly because they don't feel any effects from it. It is mostly an annoyance at another...read more
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"Taxation without representation." This argument goes directly to the heart of what brought colonists to America in the first place. Luxury taxes, like those on cigarettes...read more
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by Craig Wobrak
For years, the tobacco industry was the lifeblood of America. It was one of the foundational pillars on which our economy was based. Now thanks to the party politics and eli...read more
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It has been the policy of several different world governments over the years to charge massive taxes in cigarettes. Every year these taxes are increased, and every year the gove...read more
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by Paul Biedler
Cigarette taxes are unfair to users because it punishes legal behavior and are unfair to voters because dis-ingenuity by politicians is a violation of public trust. Specially...read more
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To penalize people already plagued by a cigarette addiction by forcing them to pay higher taxes for the habit is ridiculous. Is the reasoning behind it the addictive quality? If...read more
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High taxes on cigarettes are unfair, but then, as a twenty-a-day man I'm inclined to be biased. Of course I'd much rather be paying less for nicotine fix and indeed, the few ...read more
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Why should taxes on cigarettes be outrageously higher than any other commercial product legally sold in the United States? Because they're addictive and have been proved to kil...read more
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by Jason Austin
Placing high taxes on cigarettes is nothing more then social engineering. Our government has decided it is not in our best interest to smoke and so they have placed high taxes o...read more
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by Tim Raymond
Taxes are unavoidable, varying, confusing, and complicated. Why else would we have a booming industry of tax professionals just to muddle through our yearly expenses finding ou...read more
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by Ron Busby
High taxes on cigarettes are just another example of the Government using the law to penalize the un-popular people in our society that still smoke. It is bad enough that you ca...read more
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by Mrreality29
For those that smoke-NO WAY! Taxation is meant to be fair; across the board and population. Health costs across the board are high! Don't put the blame (tax) on "ciga...read more
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It is very hard to argue against the point that cigarette smoking is a vile, addictive habit that leads to chronic medical problems, resulting in high health care costs. Howeve...read more
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