Passive smokers don't have serious health effects so they don't pay the premiums, chain smokers would have to pay more to account for the extra liabilities their habit produces.
If you raise taxes on smokes you're only going to get a tiny portion that will quit, the rest of them will cut other things long before they give up smokes, less healthy food, less luxury items, less toys for the kids etc. We've had 2 decent tax hikes on smokes in the last year and the number of people who have quit is negligible, the effect on people's finances however is not negligible, people are much worse off.
If you raise taxes on smokes you're only going to get a tiny portion that will quit, the rest of them will cut other things long before they give up smokes, less healthy food, less luxury items, less toys for the kids etc. We've had 2 decent tax hikes on smokes in the last year and the number of people who have quit is negligible, the effect on people's finances however is not negligible, people are much worse off.
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