We all think we understand sin taxes, but do we really? Sin taxes are typically excise taxes that target behaviors that we want to discourage.
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Study Suggests That Raising E-Cigarette Taxes Could Encourage Traditional Smoking
Sin taxes are excise taxes imposed on goods or behaviors – like booze and cigarettes – that lawmakers deem harmful. In addition to raising revenue,
Read MoreAustralia Hopes To Tax Smokers Into Quitting: Would It Work Here?
How high would taxes have to boost the cost of a pack of cigarettes before you’d stop smoking? $5 a pack? $10 a pack? $15
Read MoreNew Taxes Boost Cost Of Nutella
When I was in the UK years ago, a friend offered me a slice of bread with a creamy brown spread on top. “Try it,”
Read MoreAre Federal Taxes Driving Smokers To Stop Lighting Up?
Last week, a friend and I saw a group of Eagles fans walking down Main Street and were shocked to notice that every single one
Read MoreWill Danes Influence US Tax Policy? Fat Chance.
There’s no way round it: Americans are getting fat. According to the CDC, there has been a “dramatic increase in obesity” over the past twenty
Read MoreSin Taxes Hit UK
I’ve posted before about sin taxes – this notion of using tax as a means of controlling or modifying behavior. In the UK, the Chancellor
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