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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
when smokes cost 2 bucks a pack I smoked three packs a day, when they went to 2.50 I quit, when they went to 10 bucks a pack so did everyone else pretty much.
Taxes have killed smoking in Canada, which is good
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You’re missing the part when the country was flooded with black market cigarettes smuggled through Mohawk territory and the government had to roll back taxes.
Changing social norms and behaviours killed smoking. Taxes just gave the shift a boost.
If government just has to pull levers to prod citizens away from unhealthy behaviour, why do we have growing rates of obesity and a plague of overdoses?