Poorer People Pay Price for Smoking
One strategy that some governments have adopted to curb smoking is the imposition of high cigarette taxes, but for those smokers it does not deter, the resulting financial burden can be a heavy one. In the state of New York, which imposes a $4.35 tax on every pack ofcigarettes—the highest such tax in the US—low-income smokers spend nearly a quarter of their earnings on cigarettes. Researchers suggest that more of this tax money should therefore be used to fund programs that help low-income smokerskick the habit. More… Discuss
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