To get smokers to stop smoking. And they deserve it. (Except for one person I know).
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22% on everything you buy and even more on cigarettes and some other stuff.
only 1 carton, if more you will pay taxes and duties
Sin Taxes
These are direct taxes to the person who purchases the cigarettes. An indirect tax could be property tax paid by the cigarette manufacturer to the local government for the factory. This expense is figured into the cost of the cigarettes and is therefore an indirect tax to the purchaser of the cigarettes at a retail store. The local property tax is not paid by the buyer of the cigarettes but he does pay more for the cigarettes due to the tax paid by the manufacturer as well as income for the employees, power and all other expenses that go into the ultimate costs of the end product.
macro economics
to kill people with them they should not sell them no more
They have to get there somehow. Pennsylvania has a tax on cigarettes. Cigarettes purchased by Pennsylvanians must carry the PA Cigarette Tax Stamp. Pennsylvanians are liable for the taxes of all cigarettes not carrying the stamp. See http://www.revenue.state.pa.us/revenue/cwp/view.asp?a=180&q=248930 for more information.
No, only those who buy cigarettes pay cigarette taxes (and it is possible for non-smokers to buy cigarettes, but they probably won't).
Raise excise taxes
Because they get billions of pounds from taxes!
Cigarettes should be banned because they can damage your lungs.
nope. if a smoker had enough money for a packet of cigarettes and no lunch, they would buy the cigarettes and skip lunch! smokers will buy cigarettes no matter how much they cost.