If you want to reduce your day-to-day spending, consider buying fewer items that are subject to an excise tax and shop for essential items during tax holidays
License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library License Packet of 20 Silk Cut Super Low cigarettes, king size Science Museum Group Collection The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum Packet of 20 Silk Cut Super Low cigarettes, king size, made by Benson and Hedges, Old Bond Street, London, W1, 1999
Lucky Strike filed a lawsuit in 1928 at the Lucky Smokes candy imitation of their product, and ran ads encouraging customers to Reach for a Lucky and not for a sweet. But the feud between tobacco and confectioners didnt last long, as tobacco companies realized candy cigarettes were not too bad an advertisement for them
And that's had a strong enough impact that when the Food and Drug Administration proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes yesterday, the agency specifically noted that the move would save the lives of 92,000 to 238,000 African Americans
That is not what happened, and the money from this tax that people approved three years ago actually generated more money, like $24 million more in the past year, and we have TABOR, it requires voters to agree to keep that excess money
