TheOneWithTheHairthe FDA is considering a ban on menthol cigarette sales
stonedemomanThey’ve already banned menthol in California and it did nothing. Alternatives are already being marketed and sold and some of the better ones recreate the exact same effect but cost $1.20 more per pack at the low end. To put it simply, this is dumb as fuck.
Jake FarmThe point is to make cigarettes as expensive and unappealing as possible.
That’s not in anyone’s own interests. Smokers have to pay more, tobacco industry gets more money. Literally a lose-lose. Dumb. As. Fuck.
This is effectively a Pigouvian tax, and will absolutely keep some people from smoking.
Thanks for your opinion.
This is not an opinion. As in our other discussion, I am simply explaining things to you.
Then where’s your data?
Would you like a citation on what Pigouvian taxes are, how the cigarette industry is flooded with competition, or that putting further regulations on products makes them more expensive to produce?
I assumed you could Google any of these but I can do it for you. Fair warning, you’ll be getting a “let me Google that for you” link.
So you have nothing to support your arguments. Got it.
Don’t forget a lot of the cost of a pack of smokes is often more due to taxation than the cost of the product, even if you include things likes all the overhead for marketing and legal and shit.
Yeah that’s because of aforementioned Pigouvian taxes. The entire point is pricing some people out of purchasing them.
AKA bankrupting the disadvantaged that have developed a dependence on it like a complete tyrant.
AKA bankrupting the disadvantaged that have developed a drug dependence like a complete tyrant.
Did you know that tobacco is the third most addictive substance on the planet?