In New York, they might put a $2 tax on cigarette boxes, raising the price of a carton from $54 to $75. Do you think this will have any effect on the amount of smokers in NY? Do you think this law will help people quit?
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In London from 3-31 to 4-7--GTA Master
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The higher the price the less likely it is for beginner smokers to start. the higher price also causes people to cut down, if not cut out smoking. Higher price will help some people stop. What's interesting is that there is a correlation between wealth and non-smoking. So richer people, who wouldn't be affected by the price raise, are already smoking less. Smokers tend to be blue collar or poor folk.
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Why don't they just make it illegal already? I hate this city sometimes.
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It will just promote theft, poverty and black market sales. Raising the price does not make people want to quit smoking, as much as raising the price of oranges or lettuce makes you not want orange juice or salad.
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No. In the UK we have very high tax on cigarettes (over $100 a carton) because smokers cost the National Health Service a lot of money so it is only fair that they pay their way. You don't have a health service in the US, you only have private (right?) so therefore there is no excuse for any tax above normal commodity tax, or VAT.
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yeah. we're dishin out 54 bucks for a pack of small health-deteriorating drugs. they raise the prices, and trust me everyone will quit. just like all the kids stopped drinking when they raised the drinking age. oh wait...
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I know a lot of people who quit because it got too expensive so I think it will help people quit.
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It could go two ways. There could be a lot of people quitting, or a lot of people with nicotine fits beating each other up for cigarettes, and robbing convenience stores.
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No. I am a smoker. I work in NY. In life... for convenience...I'd pay more. It's our addiction... our vice... thirty some dollars extra isn't bad. Dinner for one cost fifty dollars. That wouldn't stop me. I wish I could know what would. =(
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Call Hillary. I'm sure she will help. Or get rid of all your illegals. Another good idea.
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Well, people will probably ration their cigarettes. When I was a little girl some newsstands sold "loosies" which were single cigarettes taken out of the pack. Against the law for the newsstand owners--but that's how we smoked when we were the hip teenagers in my school.
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Quit, maybe. And thats a big maybe. There are other forms of smoking (for example, if you roll your own cigarettes, its time consuming but with the cost of a bag of rolling tobacco it comes out to be less than a dollar a pack). NY has stopped getting my tax money since I started going to the reservation for smokes since the tax increase. $12 a carton for the cheapos that aren't that much different from the name brands. Anyway this tax only hurts the lower class and some of the middle class. The upper class can afford it so it only really hurts the people who really need the money. This tax only hurts the little people and people who can't afford it will find some other means. But for those who do quit, good for you:)
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