As cigarette taxes climb higher, so, too, does the potential for crime. The ATF calls cigarettes the number one commodity in the black market due to the ability to turn a quick dollar with relatively low risk. It’s profitable for crooks and for the government. So, do we raise the tax yet again?
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Australia 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 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 MoreSC Legislature Overrides Sanford Veto
In a remarkable change, South Carolina has voted to increase its cigarette tax for the first time since 1977. Well, sort of for the first
Read MoreSanford Vetoes Cigarette Tax
Well, one thing we know about Sanford (alrighty, two, if you count the whole cheating on his wife and lying about it bit) is that
Read MoreTug Of War In SC Over Cigarette Tax
Even with a projected $1 billion budget gap looming, there are some items in South Carolina that are apparently “off the table” when it comes
Read MoreHey Congress, Why Don’t You…? Tax Bad Behaviors
Donna Peeples writes: I have seen a lot of articles in the paper about taxing sodas and foods that are bad for you. I say,
Read MoreNevada Prostitutes Support Sex Tax
Nevada legislators got an earful (and an eyeful) on Tuesday during a hearing about whether to tax prostitutes. The tax would be $5 per sex
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Smokers Seeing Red This Week About Federal Tobacco Tax Increase
These days, you have to really want to smoke to be a smoker. In many cities (like Philly), you can no longer smoke in public
Read MoreFund Children’s Insurance On The Backs Of Smokers?
Okay, don’t get me wrong. I think that providing universal health care options for children should be a priority in our country. However, shifting the
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