Why are Tobacco taxes continuously raised while Liquor taxes remain relatively steady?
Tobacco has yet to have any proven benefits to human kind. Even its second hand smoke has proven dangerous to people and children who don’t smoke. Smokers have dropped ashes on themselves in cars or beds and Killed innocent people. Alcohol in moderation has been proven beneficial to people. Alcohol will kill the alcoholic but if the alcoholic follows the laws of the country he will not kill anyone else. Unfortunately Alcoholics make bad decisions because of the alcohol and do kill people. For the most part alcohol prices are much higher than cigarette prices(it takes 2 drinks for an average woman and 3 drinks for an average man to be over the legal limit). Beer prices that would be 5 to 8 dollars. I believe you get 20 cigarettes for 6 dollars.
