smokers tax

I would welcome it.
I'm not much of a drinker at all. If they did tax it, I would drop my intake over the course of a year significantly. (not that it's a lot now)

I am not sure how I feel about the tax. What's next, taxing fast food or non-organic produce? Or how about taxing people who fail to exercise or are obese and therefore and shifting tax burdens onto the general public?

I am not sure how I feel about the tax. What's next, taxing fast food or non-organic produce? Or how about taxing people who fail to exercise or are obese and therefore and shifting tax burdens onto the general public?

Well, I think you have a point, but I do feel like cigarette are by far the worse of those evils.
You actually NEED to eat. Granted it's not all good food, but there is nutritional value in it, and it will keep you alive. Cigarettes and smoke, you don't need to survive.

What about the prospect of taxing diapers, you know, for population control? It could lead to people having less kids thus reducing the number of poor and uninsured children.

What about the prospect of taxing diapers, you know, for population control? It could lead to people having less kids thus reducing the number of poor and uninsured children.


LOL...that's absurd.
ps- back in the day they used cloth diapers and washed them...ie reused them. Just food for thought.

I am not sure how I feel about the tax. What's next, taxing fast food or non-organic produce? Or how about taxing people who fail to exercise or are obese and therefore and shifting tax burdens onto the general public?

Taxing fast food is actually an excellent idea (as long as you're taxing the high-fat stuff and not the apples & oranges). I never even thought of that.

Non-Organic produce is going too far, of course. Because non-organic produce is good for you, unlike smoking and fast food.

Here in PA there already is an alcohol tax, and there should be.

tax everything, what he f***? i could care less, because I'm a non smoker. but sheriff raises an excellent point. a subtle way of controlling certain things

I'm really torn on this also. While I'm not worried about the tax because I rarely smoke (occasional cigar or hookah), but it comes down to what's next. To me, it all depends on how much farther this goes, if it just goes to Cigarettes, I'm fine with that.

To whoever suggested the tax on alcohol, while it would slow drinking a lot, it would also hurt economies. There are so many restaurants and bars that rely on alcohol to make their living.

I'm really torn on this also. While I'm not worried about the tax because I rarely smoke (occasional cigar or hookah), but it comes down to what's next. To me, it all depends on how much farther this goes, if it just goes to Cigarettes, I'm fine with that.

To whoever suggested the tax on alcohol, while it would slow drinking a lot, it would also hurt economies. There are so many restaurants and bars that rely on alcohol to make their living.

Alcohol is taxed here in PA, and trust me, those businesses are doing fine.

People, increasing taxes on things like Smoking and Drinking are not going to change people's behavior, and the legislators know this. People are still going to smoke and still going to drink. The point isn't to get them to stop, the point is to subsidize government programs by taxing the people who cause a bigger financial burden on society (smoking leads to emphysema and heart disease which generally strike in old age, which affects how much the Federal Government pays out in the form of Medicare benefits).

I must say that I find it interesting that many conservatives support cigarette taxes. Allowing the government to impose vice taxes is pretty "un-conservative."

It's high time to start tossing the tea in the harbor!