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Do you think the cigarette tax hike will make more smokers quit?
KTVZ Asked by KTVZ
1,357 Votes

Do you think the cigarette tax hike will make more smokers quit?

Yes!

8

No!

12

Yes!

7 Comments
tim collins
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tim collins

Just a way to get more money and discriminate at the same time. If smoking was so bad how come we can buy weed on every street corner. Oh ya It's Good for every sort of ailment mental and physical. It's all about the money. What are they coming after next. How about a Bike License.

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Christena
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Christena

Yes, just because I have talked to a few that talked about quitting because of the tax. It makes people think. It also makes them slow a little because they can only do what they can afford.

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k san
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k san

It's a pretty big hike, so yes.

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Richard Dillard
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Richard Dillard

I think it will give that extra push that some smokers who have been thinking about quitting anyway have been looking for.

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Mykaela Jeanette Williams
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Mykaela Jeanette Williams

Because I am a smoker and I'm not about to spend $10 freaking dollars on 1 pack of smokes..

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No!

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Matt Stickler
2
Matt Stickler

Money should be used to for programs to help people stop smoking only!!!!Tax will likly go to the general fund, and spent at Govenor Brown's discretion!

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Rick Allen
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Rick Allen

Not hardly its just a scam for more money for a horribly run state!

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Leslie Ann
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Leslie Ann

Hasn't worked in the past, won't work in the future. I wish it would but it won't. Quit making cigarettes, THAT would stop a lot from smoking. Thats the ONLY way .

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томик Коллинз
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томик Коллинз

Making the poor poorer not making them quit

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Brad Livsey
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Brad Livsey

A smokers tax has never worked to restrict what a smoker spends or to dissuade a new smoker from starting. Monies just go to affording ill government spending! That's it.....nothing more to say, that's the bottom line on most all consumption taxes and fees.

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EmilyF55
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EmilyF55

The addiction is so strong - my mother used to be addicted to cigarettes (sadly, she is now addicted to vaping instead...) - that it will just end in consumers wasting even more money. They need a personal wake-up call (much like in weight issues) to realise they need to change.

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Teresa Parsons
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Teresa Parsons

Maybe a few will quit, but this will Not stop most Smokers. Smoking is a very powerful addiction.

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Tamara Jean
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Tamara Jean

Unfortunately, it's doubtful. Smoking cigarettes is generally due to the addiction to nicotine. I'm guessing more people will have less money for healthier options.

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Ralphie Falls II
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Ralphie Falls II

Because a smoker will still smoke, believing it's so hard to quit regardless of price. That's the rub, the industry says it's difficult to quit... so we think it is. A smoker smokes, its just what they do

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Tarasem
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Tarasem

All taxes, like all of the government activities they fund, are communism, m'kay?

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John Philo
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John Philo

It is just another hit job on the low income smoker to feed the government greed.

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Robert Reynolds
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Robert Reynolds

I roll my own, with pipe tobacco.

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Are you planning on visiting the Deschutes County Fair and Rodeo this year?

Are you planning on visiting the Deschutes County Fair and Rodeo this year?

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Do you think ODOT layoffs should be avoided by raising fees and taxes?
KTVZ Asked by KTVZ
281 Votes

Do you think ODOT layoffs should be avoided by raising fees and taxes?

YES

0

NO

6

YES

0 Comment
No one has commented yet

NO

6 Comments
Latterdaysaint
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Latterdaysaint

No to more taxes, people are taxed enough!

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JB Demaris
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JB Demaris

ODOT, and other state agencies need to live within a reasonable budget and the state needs to stop raising taxes!

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John Conway
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John Conway

ODOT Leadership is totally incompetent! They spend a billion dollars they don’t have and come to the taxpayers to bail them out. As far as increasing gas tax and registration fees we already pay.40 cents per gallon and our gas prices are $2 per gallon more than the rest of the country. No more mone!

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Garry Aklin
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Garry Aklin

We are taxed enough ! Oregon needs to balance the budget!

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Jim Hipp
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Jim Hipp

We are taxed to death and I'm sick of it. Let Tina cover it out of her pocket!

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Pam Ferguson
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Pam Ferguson

We are paying enough. The odor people have NOTbeen doing their jobs the last few years. You never see them out working like you used to and there are a lot of "mistakes" it started going down hill when they went to "teams" no boss system

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