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June 10, 2008
Do Higher Cigarette Prices Make Smokers Happier?
Posted by: admin : Category: My opinion
The smoky tavern and the cool pleasure of lighting up a menthol cigarette are now just a sweet memory in Chicago and several other states that have decided to take part in the smoking ban in hopes of a smoke free America. To help the push for a smoke free America and to help smokers quit the government has severely raised the price of taxes placed on cigarettes in some areas. Tim Harford, the undercover economist from slate.com wrote an article on May 17, 2008 debating the issue of the inflated cigarette prices. He debates both sides discussing whether or not “high cigarette prices make smokers happier?”(Hartford 1).