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Higher tax means less smoking, better health, writer says ". . . we Kentuckians cling fast to the apparent conviction that since we once produced large amounts of tobacco, we should eternally protect its use. That belief will only keep setting us back while we should be moving forward." -DWAIN HARRIS Answer to: Letter Questions aim of cigarette tax increase To ColumbiaMagazine.com: The difference between candy and tobacco is that tobacco sickens and kills when used as directed. You can eat candy once in a while, but you either smoke or you don't, and when you smoke, you are much more likely to be sicker and to die younger. There is no scientific debate about this. It is fact. Another fact: when tobacco taxes go up, tobacco consumption goes down, disease caused by tobacco decreases, health costs for everyone decrease, and more revenue for roads and education is generated despite decreased consumption. Yet we Kentuckians cling fast to the apparent conviction that since we once produced large amounts of tobacco, we should eternally protect its use. That belief will only keep setting us back while we should be moving forward. In one of the least healthy states in the nation, in a state with one of the lowest tobacco taxes, in the midst of an absolute budget crisis, it's unbelievable to me that those in charge of Kentucky's public policy would oppose a significantly higher tobacco tax. s/Dwain Harris This story was posted on 2009-02-06 03:49:02
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