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Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars by duped on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:26PM (#26986993)
> Consequently, vice taxes are always either ineffectual, or a ban that only applies to the poor.

A 10% increase in tobacco price results in a 4% decrease in tobacco demand: https://www.who.int/tobacco/economics/taxation/en/

I don't know if that counts as "ineffectual" in your book, but its not nothing.

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Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars by whatshisface on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:19PM (#26988067)
Hence the second half of the branch: "or a ban that applies only to the poor."
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Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars by duped on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:28PM (#26988131)
Couldn't you say the same of all luxury products?
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Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars by whatshisface on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:33PM (#26988167)
If they're expensive because policy set the prices then yes, that would be a ban.
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