Surprising to many, higher tobacco taxes aren't stopping low income smokers from lighting up.
From KOTA:
The study shows that increased taxes on tobacco through a 20-year span hasn't changed habits.
Overall between 1984 and 2004, smoking declined but not among low-income people.
The proportion of low-income smokers before 1998 was 28%, after that, 29%.
The study also shows the proportion of high-income smokers was 24% before 1998 and 22% after.
If low income folks can find enough money to smoke (when brand name smokes are $30-$40 a carton), why do socialists insist they need a minimum wage increase? To buy more smokes?
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