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Tobacco Tax Back on Nov. 7 Ballot [Sep 11, 2006]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Link
A judge in Cole County today reversed an earlier rulling and put a tobacco tax increase proposal on the Nov. 7th ballot in Missouri. If passed, the tax on cigarettes would go from 17 cents per pack to 97 cents per pack. Other tobacco products would see a major tax increase as well.
People-who-do-this-sorta-thing-for-a-living say project the tax to bring in $351 million per year to be used on anti-smoking campaigns and the like.
Personally, I am in favor of increasing the tax on tobacco products because I hate second-hand smoke. I know that's not the best reason to be in favor of the tax increase, but it's how I think. People who smoke 2-3 packs a week need to step back to look at just how much they are spending, not to mention the harm they are inflicting on others.
A judge in Cole County today reversed an earlier rulling and put a tobacco tax increase proposal on the Nov. 7th ballot in Missouri. If passed, the tax on cigarettes would go from 17 cents per pack to 97 cents per pack. Other tobacco products would see a major tax increase as well.
People-who-do-this-sorta-thing-for-a-living say project the tax to bring in $351 million per year to be used on anti-smoking campaigns and the like.
Personally, I am in favor of increasing the tax on tobacco products because I hate second-hand smoke. I know that's not the best reason to be in favor of the tax increase, but it's how I think. People who smoke 2-3 packs a week need to step back to look at just how much they are spending, not to mention the harm they are inflicting on others.
1 Comments:
Let's say this tax money "works" and gets smokers to stop smoking as much. Then the smokers aren't buying as many packs, therefore meaning less tax dollars, which means these programs won't have enough funding from that. What does this mean? Taking it from elsewhere or a NEW tax. By this tax program working, it destroys itself. Let's let the smokers kill themselves if they want, and not take my money to help their addictions.
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