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

Yes!

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No!

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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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Would you rather see Tim Burton make a new Batman movie or Sam Raimi make a new Spider-Man movie?

Would you rather see Tim Burton make a new Batman movie or Sam Raimi make a new Spider-Man movie?

Burton Batman

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Raimi Spider-Man

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Burton Batman

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Raimi Spider-Man

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Benjamin Szczegolski-Jacobs
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Benjamin Szczegolski-Jacobs

I like Raimi as a director more and frankly seeing the first draught of the 89 script makes me like Burton even less. Havent ever really loved 89 as much as others to begin with, sonce I didnt grow up with it.

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Mutale Mwananshiku
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Mutale Mwananshiku

Raimi cause at least he loves spider-man and would try to make a character driven story about peter , whereas burton doesnt care for batman and another batman film by him would be all visuals and not a character driven story about batman.

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Andrew Cozzini
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Andrew Cozzini

Burton Batman, while still a notable and fondly remembered version, is (imo) seeming less influential and culturally relevant the more years that have passed since its release. Conversely, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man seems way more influential again, and is, for me, the more definitive take of the two!

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Spencer Nielsen
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Spencer Nielsen

Easy! Burton has yet to make a good Batman movie, Raimi made two great films with Spider-Man.

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rockmanlp
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rockmanlp

Burton is much less talented

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Smol-Vampire
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Smol-Vampire

I want Raimi to redeem himself for the biggest let down

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Jay-El Lewis
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Jay-El Lewis

While I enjoyed both Sam just had more films, Norton only had that one Batman film with Michael Keaton

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Robert Wild
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Robert Wild

The Raimi Spider-man films feel like an overarching story without a satisfying ending. I just have more nostalgia for Raimi Spider-man. Literally nothing would make me happier than hearing that elfman spider-man score over the opening credits of a new Raimi Spider-man movie one more time.

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Chewbaacca's Lover
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Chewbaacca's Lover

It would be a harder choice if it was the Keaton universe without Burton, even than I might have to go with Spider Man, Raimi is the easy choice with Burton the way he is now.

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SpedeVesku
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SpedeVesku

Burton's best days are behind him and even during those he wasn't perfect. Raimi still seems to "got it", even if I haven't loved all of his more recent work either. Plus, his Spider-Man movies ended on a worse note than Burton's Batmans, so there's a bigger need for redemption.

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Jedi Knight
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Jedi Knight

Now I assume that both Tim Burton and Sam Raimi are very different people than when they left their projects, but since there's been less time in between 2007 and now than there is 1992 and now, I assume that Raimi has retained more of his sensibilities that made his version work.

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Should President Trump continue to pursue a United States takeover of Greenland?

Should President Trump continue to pursue a United States takeover of Greenland?

Yes

10

No

7

Yes

3 Comments
Vanessa Vaughan
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Vanessa Vaughan

I ignored it just like Republican lawmakers ignore takkng a bigger stance on control on school shootings. All they do is give meaningless mouth service the whole time pocketing money from NRA lobbyists. I don't want to take anyone's guns from them, but our children should feel safe.

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Felicia Megan
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Felicia Megan

He needs to chill.

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Max
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Max

Trump got the deal today January 21st.. Trump helps Americans again. Daily.

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Max
Max

Fred, keep reading CNN. LOL

Fred
Fred

There are two ways to be fooled: One is to believe what isn't true, and the other is to refuse to believe what is true. ― Soren Kierkegaard

No

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Nancy Sims-VanBuren
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Nancy Sims-VanBuren

He has us at odds with our allies, our adversaries and within our own nation due to the extreme violence with the ICE issue... civil unrest...

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Max
Max

Wrong again.

Steven Watson
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Steven Watson

He is completely insane. He and his cabinet want the natural resources, like Venezuela oil!!!

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Max
Max

Wrong again.

Bryan Jones
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Bryan Jones

We already have a military presence in Greenland. Denmark is a NATO ally. Trump should NOT be threatening the European balance or the time-tested established order. This has ramifications far beyond Trump's ego.

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Max
Max

Wrong again.

0571953
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0571953

US should not invade other countries. Never Greenland or Venezuela. This is Trump enriching himself. Dangerous and destroying US reputation on human rights.

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Max
Max

He didn't invade them.

Denzel McVeigh
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Denzel McVeigh

You don't own this country and you can't own Greenland matter of fact go away you prick

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Max
Max

Wrong again.

Kevin Blount
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Kevin Blount

We have existing agreements with Greenland and Denmark regarding military bases. We should expand on that, rather than threaten to take the entire country by force 'if necessary'

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Max
Max

Trump made a deal that everyone loves. All over the EU.

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