Apparently, lawmakers in DC, as well as a bunch of do-gooder type researchers, have nothing better to do than critique films and their use of cigarettes. The number of U.S. movies showing people smoking has declined since 2005, but cigarettes are featured in far too many films and could be influencing young people to take […]
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The other day I wrote about how the governor of South Carolina had vetoed a bill which would raise SC cigarette taxes by $.50 per pack stating, A politician finally understands that placing a large burden on a small set of the population cannot fix our budget problems. Good for SC. Alas, today the state […]
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A politician finally understands that placing a large burden on a small set of the population cannot fix our budget problems. Good for SC. Here in the Bluegrass, cigarette taxes used to be amongst the lowest in the nation. That is until they were raised twice in the beginning of 2009 in a period of […]