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Cigarette Taxes: Have Another Hit of Fresh Air

By Jeralyn, Section Economy
Posted on Sun Mar 29, 2009 at 03:01:00 PM EST
Tags: cigarette tax, nanny state (all tags)
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"Have another hit....of fresh air." (Quicksilver Messenger Service and "Fresh Air" at the closing of the Fillmore in 1971. Here's a version with great audio.)

Cigarette and tobacco taxes go way up Wednesday. Of course, it will hurt the poor and addicted the most. It's also a nanny state move.

You may like it when politicians ban something you hate, but sooner or later they will go after something you like," Reason.tv editor Nick Gillespie says.

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