Higher prices will force many people to quit smoking, improving the nation's health. The additional tax money can be used to pay for health care to treat illnesses caused by smoking, and to help tobacco farmers who want to leave the business but can't afford to give up growing tobacco.
Smoking is a legal product.
Leave the tobacco companies and smokers alone. Higher taxes might put tobacco companies out of business, and that will really hurt the economy. Plus, politicians will blow the money and find ways to avoid spending it on health care and tobacco farmers. Read more about this issue. I Agree with this Hot Topic.