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Smoking was reduced through education, not taxation. Do you have any references to back this up? I'd be genuinely very curious to see them!
by abstractbill 14y ago
Smoking was reduced through education, not taxation.
Do you have any references to back this up? I'd be genuinely very curious to see them!
- TDL 14y agoNot on hand, but you are right to ask for them. I'll further articulate the argument that I should have made above. The demographics of smokers skew towards higher consumption in poorer & less educated brackets while less consumption among wealthier & more educated. My argument is simple. Taxation has a minimal effect on our behaviors, but our level of education & level of wealth has a much larger effect. Those who are more impacted by a tax on tobacco make up a larger percentage of those who are less impacted by the higher cost. Source: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/ http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult... *Edited for clarity & for a less glib response.