George777
^^ Likes Bewbies
it goes up all the time. It's a revenue source that will eventually be tapped-out....
and then what? where will the money come when no one buys cigs any more?
They will go after alcohol again.
Using the logic that increased taxes/price will lower the rate of purchase slightly, thus reducing the alcohol related accidents and deaths. When you put a safety factor plus a dollar sign to something, people are more prone to accept it.