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Health Commissioner Says $1.25 Per Pack Increase Is A "Public Health Victory"
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- All they did is increase the cross-state-border and reservation sales.
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- In NY is it now cheaper to buy pot than cigarettes?
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Posted by GrammaWhamma at 04:28 PM : Jun 03, 2008
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Pound for pound probably yes lol - Reply to this comment
- "Isn''t that something - to say that I''m excited about a tax increase? But I am," said Dr. Richard Daines, the New York health commissioner. "This is a public health victory. We know one of the really effective tools to get people off of their nicotine addiction is to the raise the price."
Stupid a_s. He is excited about an unfair dicrininatory tax on the poor mostly that he won''t be paying. I am starting to get really discouraged when our government regulates every aspect of our lives. Does anyone see a problem here? I certainly do. There is something in the water in every captitol building in the United States. Don''t drink it or you will start trying to control everyone around you. - Reply to this comment
- Texas already has a tax on junk food. A State Tax added another dollar to a pack of smokes making a carton $45.00.
Buy from Georgia they are $26.00 a carton. - Reply to this comment
- If you think this tax is bad, just wait until a Democrat gets into the White House!
Hide your money! The Democrats are coming! - Reply to this comment
- In NY is it now cheaper to buy pot than cigarettes?
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- I live in NY and we have the most tax crazy goverment in the country. Our people in Albany are the most grossly over paid, under achieving bunch of clowns you will find just about anywhere. This tax is purly harassment and greed under guise of "concern" for people''s health.
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- Tax-Tax-Tax-Tax-Tax- Tax everything!
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- Wonderful,$ 10.00 to $ 20.00, a pack is cheap, the cost too society is higher too fix, all the idiot , smokers.
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- Macaroni and cheese---- $12.00 a box.
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They should tax junk food. And use the revenue to subsidize the expensive fruits and veggies. - Reply to this comment
- Looks like it''s about time to start bootlegging tobacco underground.
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- When smokers are gone from New York City...then what are they going to blame the smog on??
After smokers are gotten rid of...the obese will be next. Be prepared to be taxed on the ammount of calories in the food you choose to purchase. Macaroni and cheese---- $12.00 a box. - Reply to this comment
- If they were really interested in helping people kick a habit like cigarettes, and not just lining their fat wallets with cash, why do they not contribute even a penny of this tax money into subsidizing various smoking cessation tools like nicotine gum and patches, programs, pills, new cessation research, etc.
Not a cent of the money they profited from all those multi-million dollar tobacco lawsuits or the outlandish cigarette taxes ever went into "actually" helping the public quite their habits. Many smokers started clear back when the health hazards to themselves were not even known, let alone those sitting beside them.
Are heroin addicts really that much more deserving than smokers? Methadone treatment is fully subsidized by state governments. This is obviously due to the fact that heroin addicts have been more inclined than smokers in the past to commit crimes in order to fund their habits, thus appearing more dangerous to the public, but that might not even be the case for much longer. - Reply to this comment
- Looks like the government found another way to control our lives. What ever happened to "over 21 and make your own choices.?" Guess the government is not happy unless they control what you do with your body, money, property and who you choose to love and marry. You can''t be trusted to make your own choices and be happy with them. I feel like a kid still living with my parents-except I have to pay to have my choices made for me now! Would you like to choose my lover for me, too? How about my job, bank, mode of transportation? If it''s not too much to ask, if you choose all that, you can *** well pay for it, too.
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- More restrictions on Americans, and they stand up and applaud.
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- I don''t think it is fair for the state to tax cigarettes at this rate and I don''t smoke.I guess booze is next.
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- There once was a man from Nantucket...
...who tried to sell me a bucket...
but he couldnt because..
there were too many laws...
so he threw up his hands and said..
VOTE LIBERTARIAN - Reply to this comment
- BAND TOGETHER AND FORM A COOP! GROW YOUR OWN!
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- IT IS NO LONGER GOVERNMENT BUT A MOB FIGURING A WAY TO ROB YOU!
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- SIMPLE! PLANT BURLEY TOBACCO AND TURKISH TOBACCO AND LEARN THE CURING PROCESS! TO CUT THE TOBACCO USE A SPAGHETTI MACHINE AND PACK THE TOBACCO IN AIR TIGHT CONTAINERS! (CANNING JARS WILL DO JUST FINE!) AND THEY CAN SIT ON THEIR TAX!
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