Seattle will tax sugary soda — but not diet

[OriZ 3,165]

Just now, IAMX said:

 

I know we don't exactly see eye to eye on the issue, but I respect your positions. In the end, you know about your own health better than anyone else. I wish you the best of it too.

Thanks same to you! MOR respects other people's opinions. 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Cause taxing  ciggrates really made smokers quit. Mire liberal social engineered stupidity 

[Teddy B 17,252]

13 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Cause taxing  ciggrates really made smokers quit. Mire liberal social engineered stupidity 

I personally know quite a few people that quit due to the high taxes/prices of cigarettes. The higher taxes/prices also act as a good deterrent for kids to never start smoking because they can't afford it.

[OriZ 3,165]

To be honest I wouldn't complain if they taxed cigarettes at $100 per pack. Those nasty things need to go away already.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

12 minutes ago, Teddy B said:

I personally know quite a few people that quit due to the high taxes/prices of cigarettes. The higher taxes/prices also act as a good deterrent for kids to never start smoking because they can't afford it.

Go away.  Tax  sammich 

[CaliCat 3,957]

38 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Cause taxing  ciggrates really made smokers quit. Mire liberal social engineered stupidity 

 

The irony in your comment, is that you don't provide any evidence to support your claim.

 

In other words, have higher taxes had no impact on smoking at all? Have higher taxes increased the number of Americans who smoke? Have higher taxes help decrease the amount of smokers?

 

Rhetorical questions obviously, because you don't know or the answers to them.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

1 minute ago, CaliCat said:

 

The irony in your comment, is that you don't provide any evidence to support your claim.

 

In other words, have higher taxes had no impact on smoking at all? Have higher taxes increased the number of Americans who smoke? Have higher taxes help decrease the amount of smokers?

 

Rhetorical questions obviously, because you don't know or the answers to them.

I don't need no stinking evidence. I know stuff 

[Teddy B 17,252]

2 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Go away.  Tax  sammich 

I'm hungry, where's Val?

 

[yuna628 9,873]

1 hour ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Cause taxing  ciggrates really made smokers quit. Mire liberal social engineered stupidity 

Smoking is addictive, causes cancer to yourself and others, raises the risk of other diseases for yourself and others, and ironically contributes to making everyone's health care costs rise. Research has shown taxes on cigarettes in addition to warning people of the dangers has led to a significant reduction in smoking. That's still not enough and it's ironic as much as we go on about drugs and other dangerous substances in this country we refuse to ban it. Follow the money priorities..

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

1 hour ago, Teddy B said:

I'm hungry, where's Val?

 

Probably at some leftist commie rally, handing out free ,gluten free, earth friendly ,carbon netrual ,no animal testing ,organic sammichs

55 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Smoking is addictive, causes cancer to yourself and others, raises the risk of other diseases for yourself and others, and ironically contributes to making everyone's health care costs rise. Research has shown taxes on cigarettes in addition to warning people of the dangers has led to a significant reduction in smoking. That's still not enough and it's ironic as much as we go on about drugs and other dangerous substances in this country we refuse to ban it. Follow the money priorities..

Smoking is bad for you. Who knew. Do you have a link to back that up.

[IAMX 3,055]

1 hour ago, OriZ said:

To be honest I wouldn't complain if they taxed cigarettes at $100 per pack. Those nasty things need to go away already.

I've noticed as people have become more educated about cigs a lot less people are smokers. It won't ever stop addicts from having their fix, but I think education has worked far better than trying to tax people out of bad habits.

1 hour ago, yuna628 said:

Smoking is addictive, causes cancer to yourself and others, raises the risk of other diseases for yourself and others, and ironically contributes to making everyone's health care costs rise. Research has shown taxes on cigarettes in addition to warning people of the dangers has led to a significant reduction in smoking. That's still not enough and it's ironic as much as we go on about drugs and other dangerous substances in this country we refuse to ban it. Follow the money priorities..

If they want to ban cigs they'd have no reason to allow smoking weed. Smoke is smoke is smoke.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

19 minutes ago, IAMX said:

I've noticed as people have become more educated about cigs a lot less people are smokers. It won't ever stop addicts from having their fix, but I think education has worked far better than trying to tax people out of bad habits.

If they want to ban cigs they'd have no reason to allow smoking weed. Smoke is smoke is smoke.

actually its not. Zero links between ,even heavy wed smoking and cancer

[Teddy B 17,252]

57 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Probably at some leftist commie rally, handing out free ,gluten free, earth friendly ,carbon netrual ,no animal testing ,organic sammichs

I hear that Val's Sammich Shop is offering a front door/back door special. Take the doors off your house and bring em down to Val's and you will get free sammiches for one week.

[Umka36 781]

Besides sugary drinks, why not tax processed food as well. 

[Teddy B 17,252]

Just now, Umka36 said:

Besides sugary drinks, why not tax processed food as well. 

Probably because it's much easier to ease the people into things rather than whack em with everything all at once. I wouldn't doubt that processed foods will be targeted sometime in the future.