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Report: Sales of Untaxed Cigarettes Have Risen Due to Increased Taxes

Submitted by Barbara, Jul 1, 2007 11:11

It's amazing how anyone still believes that if you tax cigarettes enough, people will quit. All it does is increase black-market activities and make street thugs rich. And waste police time. It does, however, make politicians feel good . . . beware the cost of good intentions.


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