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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
Because taxing cigs at crazy rates has made people stop smoking...  |
They have indeed.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2...perts_say.html
"For example, France tripled cigarette prices by raising taxes at least 5 per cent higher than the inflation rate every year between 1990 and 2005. At the same time, the country managed to halve cigarette consumption and double tobacco revenues."
A sugar tax is a great idea. We need to make healthy foods cheaper and bad foods more expensive.