The tobacco industry's strategy to kill a new statewide cigarette tax: Blow a lot of smoke

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http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-...tion56-cigarette-tax-20161020-snap-story.html

 

[Rossum]

The main goal of raising tobacco taxes is to motivate smokers to quit — which, of course, is why cigarette makers fight these proposals so ferociously. Researchers have found that for every 10% increase in the cigarette price, there’s a 4% drop in use.

Really? Then why not exempt non-combustible products, thereby giving smokers an economic incentive to use substitutes that cause little or no harm?

 

[kross8]

another soldier for our fight
Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) is throwing its considerable weight into the fray, via a new education program designed for social media.

http://www.cstoredecisions.com/2016/10/22/fda-deeming-regs-discussed-nacs/#_