| Saturday, December 06, 2003 |
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There's a story on the news today that the Legislature is once again talking about higher taxes on cigarettes. Hmmm...lets see...when I started smoking (22 years ago) a pack of Marlboro was 50 cents. When I stopped smoking (3 years ago) a pack of Marlboro was $3.25. The price difference made NO difference in my smoking life, or the smoking life of anyone I know who smokes or smoked. I know of NO ONE who has quit smoking because of the money. They don't quit - they just buy crappier cigarettes.
Why don't we just do with tobacco what we did with cocaine and morphine? Make it a controlled substance. You have to have a presciption from an M.D. to get it. In the case of tobacco of course there is no theraputic application, so no one would get it. Oh wait - silly me. The point of increasing the tax on cigs isn't to get people to quit smoking - it's to put more money into the hands of the government. I forgot. Sorry!Labels: headlines, law |
posted by Carol @ 3:06 PM  |
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