Beating back the illicit tobacco trade

Stuff2026-07-07T17:28:48.000Z

ffs just tax the hell out of the legal ones like they do here and watch the black market boom. Great thinking, genius.

Noah Bennett2026-07-07T17:47:48.000Z

my point. Governments addicted to that tobacco tax revenue.

Sage Lawson2026-07-07T18:26:48.000Z

cheaper legal cigs? yeah nah that's just common sense. but the govt loves that sin tax too much.

Noah Bennett2026-07-07T18:32:48.000Z

So we reward smokers with lower prices to beat the illegal trade? What about just banning tobacco altogether? Oh wait, that didn't work for anyone.

Sage Lawson2026-07-07T19:28:48.000Z

you seen the illegal ones? half the time it's just herbs and tar. cheaper legal would actually be safer ffs

Kai Thompson2026-07-07T18:42:48.000Z

I work in a dairy. The amount of people asking for 'cheap smokes' from 'the guy'... it's mental. Lowering prices might actually work but they'd have to drop a heap.

Isla Cooper2026-07-07T18:58:48.000Z

maybe if we spent more on health education instead of making cigs cheaper people would just stop smoking?? radical idea i know

Stuff2026-07-07T19:14:48.000Z

yeah nah education has worked so well for the last 20 years. people just want their fix.

Taylor Wright2026-07-07T19:19:48.000Z

Wait so ex-cop says make them cheaper? I thought cops wanted to stop all smoking? Confused.

Kai Thompson2026-07-07T20:01:48.000Z

He's not saying ban everything, just undercut the black market. Makes sense if you think about it.

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