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!

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No!

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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
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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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Always

22 Comments
Barry Rashford
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Barry Rashford

If we want a plastic ocean then we should continue to do what we are doing.

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k san
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k san

Because it is the right thing to do.

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Larry Ewart
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Larry Ewart

As much as possible

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Sarah Croom
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Sarah Croom

I do but I go rounds w/ my guy. Ever since China stopped taking our recycling he stopped doing it. Idk if all that is real, I have noticed that our garbage guy just loads both cans into the same dump bin & it’s not sorted. So that’s really disturbing. Every little bit helps I feel. I rec. everything

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Carolyn Morris
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Carolyn Morris

Always, I Re Use Water Bottles.

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Misty Schrotberger
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Misty Schrotberger

My mom has a cow if we don't

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kaycstamper
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kaycstamper

I do what I can but live in an area where they don't have it. Still I save bottles and cardboard to take to recycling. I cook from scratch so don't really have cans.

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Michael Stafford
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Michael Stafford

It is the least we can do to preserve our resources.

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Julie Brantley
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Julie Brantley

We pay by the pound for certain items so why not pay less and recycle - it's the right thing to do for me and the environment.

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Milena Santana
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Milena Santana

because it helps the environment

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Cornelia H. Dunnings
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Cornelia H. Dunnings

I like to help the environment. I even pick up cans & bottles near my car in parking lots.

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Joyce Koch
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Joyce Koch

I feel I'm helping out.

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Linda Jeffcoat Amick
gena
gena

Although I can only hope that it's useful because there is no proof that what is supposedly sent to the recyclers they actually carry through. You always hear about it not being done.

Evey G Quines
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Evey G Quines

It's the least I can do

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Bonita Davis
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Bonita Davis

We take our own garbage to the dump and pay by the pound. Recycling is free so the more we recycle the less we have to pay.

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Jill Hoadley Chalk
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Jill Hoadley Chalk

It's important to reuse as many things as possible.

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Ann Wilbanks
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Ann Wilbanks

Our duty to recycle. If it goes to the landfill, it piles up. Be responsible!!

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Rachel Clara Smith
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Rachel Clara Smith

Of course! Everyone should recycle!

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BJ Arey
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BJ Arey

We recycle everything possible. We also take cloth bags shopping, use insulated bag with blue ice for cold items & take reusable containers to restaurants for leftovers to take home.

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Never

8 Comments
Bostino
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Bostino

it's quite literally pointless if you do any research

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Cindy Calhoun
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Cindy Calhoun

It's not bogus I just do not have a place to drop it off in my area - if it's not close by I'm lazy and won't go out of my way (I'm a sad case).

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Nancy Sam
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Nancy Sam

I do when its readily available at airports, malls, ect. But at our home, no. I do want that to change though.

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Jimmy Lancaster
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Jimmy Lancaster

I do what I can with cardboard and such but there is no recycling program where I live

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Elaine Reed
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Elaine Reed

There is no recycling program where I live.

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Nancy L Marine
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Nancy L Marine

My local recycling company charges me to recycle, even though they're already making money on recycling that which people turn in to them.

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André Luiz Macieira
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André Luiz Macieira

becouse ay dont spique ingles vert gud

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Carl Evans
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Carl Evans

The apartment complex does not have recycle bins

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Will you be doing more online shopping or in-person shopping?

Will you be doing more online shopping or in-person shopping?

Online shopping

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In-person shopping

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Online shopping

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k san
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k san

I've been only shopping online for years. I feel badly for store retailers, but it's just more convenient to shop online. Going into a retail store nowadays is like visiting a ghost town. There's never anyone there.

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In-person shopping

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