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

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

Yes!

8

No!

12

Yes!

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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
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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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Do awards shows on TV matter to you?

Do awards shows on TV matter to you?

Yes

3

No

12

Yes

2 Comments
k san
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k san

I enjoy watching celebrities and award shows!

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Patricia Quiroz-Alfaro
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Patricia Quiroz-Alfaro

I vote for my favorite actors and awards also give me an idea of what I want to watch. Other than that winners don't matter to me.

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Jeanette Johnson
Jeanette Johnson

I agree with you except I have to say when Jamie Lee Curtis won best supporting actress OMG I went completely crazy that right there is what makes me watch awards shows AND now these damn huge studios what don't they get without a script an idea there's no films tv to be made forget reality

No

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Lrac Snave
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Lrac Snave

Haven't watched any of them in decades. Who wants to see some very rich celebrities pat each other on the back and tell us all their political views?

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Ed Drahos
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Ed Drahos

Award shows are nothing more than self promotion of themselves. And act like self advertising. Like advertising, the less advertising the less popularity.

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Garrett
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Garrett

The award shows once mattered. Since they have become so much more than a few once or twice a year but rather at least a 100, all with varying degrees of actual criteria beyond marketing campaigns and now the over-compensating “inclusive,” nature of certain categories going out of their way

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Anna Chaya Hoffman
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Anna Chaya Hoffman

Makes zero impact on my life

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Jethro Born
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Jethro Born

The only awards shows that I ever watch are the CMAs in Nashville. The rest, which originate in California, aren't worth the powder to blow them up.

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BarbJ
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BarbJ

Not interested in celeb political views.

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seaweed349
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seaweed349

There are better things to do with my time.

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Cheryl Gafner
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Cheryl Gafner

Too polarizing now. 🙄

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Tina Bouthillier
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Tina Bouthillier

I used to at least over a decade or 2 ago but it is so political now, that I really don't care any more

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Joyce Koch
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Joyce Koch

To many commercials

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Do you feel like inflation is getting lower?

Do you feel like inflation is getting lower?

Yes

1

No

9

Yes

1 Comment
k san
0
k san

Because it IS getting lower.

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No

7 Comments
Renee
3
Renee

Saying inflation is getting lower is like saying that government is getting less corrupt. LOL

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Max DeYoung
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Max DeYoung

No matter what MSM says, I will use my open eyes, and common sense to determine items of this nature. Inflation will not get better until we have a different leader for our country. The last four years have been horrible for America, and our allies.

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Fat Guy Outdoors
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Fat Guy Outdoors

My bills have done nothing but increase and nest eggs have decreased.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

Fat Guy! Kamala says that's not inflation, It's Bidenomics. Now, do you feel the Joy? I haven't felt their Joy for the last four years, Pain, I have felt their Pain!

Steven Head
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Steven Head

The damage is done. Even if it went to zero, prices are still 20-30% higher since 2021.

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Belinda Kitchen
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Belinda Kitchen

Just look at the prices at the store. That should be enough to tell you that nothing has changed and won't till Harris and Biden gets out of there . Trump will lower everything. Trump has done more for the Hurricane victims then Biden and Harris has.

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Renee
Renee

What has he done? I haven't seen him do anything, but spread lies and run his mouth.

Latterdaysaint
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Latterdaysaint

It’s getting higher, but under trump it will go away

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