taxes don't discourage smokers, though. smokers are addicts, you can't price an addict out of an addiction. it's effectively taxing the impoverished, anyway.

taxes don't discourage smokers, though. smokers are addicts, you can't price an addict out of an addiction. it's effectively taxing the impoverished, anyway. the people who are scrounging to buy smokes will just take that money from elsewhere in the budget. it's food out of children's mouths, in the most literal way possible. the people who aren't scrounging will just pay the increased price without batting an eye. the price of cigarettes had no impact on my decision to quit. I would have continued to pay whatever the cost might have been, 5 dollars a pack or 50 dollars a pack. switching to a personal vaporizer got me to quit smoking. I spend about 25% of what I spent on cigarettes for a month's supply of juice and replacement coils for the tank I use. I'm still addicted to nicotine, though.