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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by Kbelicius on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @01:48PM (#29003627)
Your source has no relation to the claim that you are trying to refute. That claim being: "It wasn’t sin taxes that stopped people smoking on planes, in restaurants, etc. "
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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by tdeck on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:19PM (#29004121)
It has some relation. If people aren't smoking, then they aren't smoking in planes or restaurants.
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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by Kbelicius on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:14PM (#29004903)
No, it has none. They aren't smoking in planes and restaurants because it is illegal to do so.
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