https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1456388071256100870?t=dkwxcxi4suhPDRZHspvETw&s=19

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  • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Democrats are cowardly and will not be raising taxes on the rich nearly enough on this bill.

    That being said, cigarette taxes are good, save thousands if not millions of working-class lives every decade, and it's weird so many leftists have fallen for the tobacco industry talking point that it's classist to support them. Cigarette taxes are one of the single greatest NPIs to reduce cancer risk developed by mankind and grievously harm the tobacco industry.

    This is basically a scientific fact: https://twitter.com/nberpubs/status/1265659027779919872?s=20

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30705247/#:~:text=Results%3A%20For%20every%20one%2Ddollar,taking%2010%20years%20to%20materialise.

    EDIT: looking at the comments, I am now fully convinced cigarette companies target the working class because they know there will be "leftists" ready to lick their boots at a moment's notice.

    • Quaxamilliom [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Yea, but this is a 'nicotine' tax thats also gonna hit vapes hard and make them even more expensive than cigs. Vapes were literally the only thing that helped me quit after 15 years of nearly a pack a day smoking.

    • Three_Magpies [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      You say it saves the working class, I say it makes them more miserable because they can’t even smoke as things constantly get worse.

    • SolidaritySplodarity [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      This is going to alienate a bunch of folks, however, and is a regressive tax that starkly contrasts with the plan supposedly being to tax the rich.

    • OgdenTO [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It's like taxing fuels and cars and road tolls are good, but predominantly (actually only) negatively affects the working class who depend on cars to get to their jobs, since in America there is no realistic public transit alternative. People are addicted to cigarettes