Thursday, February 15, 2007
Fewer Smokers Upset State Treasuries
According to CBS in recent years the number of smokers has decreased significantly, what with all the publicity that non smoking activists have gained. I mean how many times have you turned on the television and seen that cowboy with the voice box microphone that tells people that not everyone dies from smoking, and honestly its quite disturbing. I know that I think to myself "Why can't people just quit so i don't have to hear this?!?" But according recent studies if people just quit it will send statewide budgits into a freinze. Govenment officials are saying that because the demand for tabacco products has decreased, not only does that effect the tabacco manufactuers it also effects non smoking citizens. The profits received by the production of tobacco are spent on many things that are important to the common people, by taking away cigerettes all together or even decreaseing the number of people that smoke critically effects how much money can be spent on school budgets, health care and other major areas. I guess what the writer and I are both wondering is, is the tradeoff of having more people quit greater than the average citizens concern with their statewide budgits. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/15/business/main2484238.shtml
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6 comments:
yes, that is a big dillema, but im sure the government can think of an economic incentive or plan to get people to stop smoking without hurting business
wow, i never thought that people quiting smoking could possibly have such a big effect on the state's budget and that it would effect the non-smokers
This dillema never even crossed my mind. I never would have thought that getting rid of tobacco all together could hurt our economy, but now that you state these idea's, it makes a lot of sense. Non smokers are almost, may I say, rewarded for people who are killing themselves slowly. It's almost like we're depending on them to waste their money to hurt themselves and to help us.
I would like to see more people quit smoking, but without it hurting the economy. I never knew that getting rid of tabacco could hurt big businesses.
i never really thought about how it might effect our economy if everyone stopped smoking. it's strange to think that people are hesitating to stop smoking all together because it could result in an economic crash. the economy can be fixed. all the people that have died from smoking and are going to die from it can't be fixed.
If smoking cigarrette's provides a better economy for us, then that is real sad. People are trying to quit and it's affecting our economy in a bad way. The government and state should find a better way to make money other then cigarette sales.
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