I have a hard time believing there is a government plot against e-cigs due to a decrease in cigarette tax.
that really makes no sense, what does make sense, is taxing e-cigs, which is exactly what is happening.
If anyone has any proof that the gov's solution to a decrease in tax revenue from ciggs leading to a government plot to villify ecigs, I'd certainly be interested.
Also, it's a fact that BO increased the federal tax on ciggarettes in 2009 precisely because an increase in the tax like that has been shown to DECREASE the # of cigarette smokers.
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One of the reasons for the support of increased cigarette taxes among public health officials is that many studies show that this leads to a decrease in smoking rates.[16] The relationship between smoking rates and cigarette taxes follows the property of elasticity; the greater the amount of the tax increase, the fewer cigarettes that are bought and consumed.
This is especially prevalent amongst teenagers. For every ten percent increase in the price of a pack of cigarettes, youth smoking rates overall drop about seven percent.
This rate is also true amongst minorities and low income population smokers. The rates of calls to quitting hot-lines are directly related to cigarette tax hikes. When Wisconsin raised its state cigarette tax to $1.00 per pack, the hot-line received a record of 20,000 calls in a two month time period versus its typical 9,000 calls annually.
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