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No. This is a bad idea just like any other that involves taxing more for the sake of... well... anything. People would just have even another incentive to buy

• polk 5y ago
  Source? A quick Google suggests it does in fact work as intended https://i.redd.it/jrn155a2gf4z.png https://i.redd.it/jrn155a2gf4z.png
• Majestic121 5y ago
  Taxing seems to work fine on other products, even including people shopping elsewhere, for example with soda : https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3302335 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3302335 > We find the tax is passed through at an average rate of 97%, leading to a 34% price increase. Demand in the taxed area decreases by 46% in response to the tax. A large amount of cross-shopping to stores outside of Philadelphia offsets more than half of the reduction in sales in the city and decreases the net reduction in sales of taxed beverages to only 22%. You might be against taxing for ideological reason, or maybe you have other arguments than "it's a bad idea" and I'm open to hearing them, but so far it seems like a good idea.
  • b112 5y ago
    In most places cigs are already taxed. I think it is 10000% here in Canada, eg 100x the cost from the manufacturer. The logic is to pay for the additional health care. If the same is happening in Sweden, then there is already plenty of tax. But I guess more could be added.
    • hydrok9 5y ago
      Manitoba has some of the highest cig prices in the world. I think the cheapest packs of smokes you can get is around $16? (i don't smoke but some friends do)