J.D. Tuccille Talks Cigarette Taxes on the Thom Hartmann Radio Show

Make a social concern go away just by
hiking taxes on it? Why haven’t the drug warriors thought of that?
Anyway, I’ll be on the Thom Hartmann show at 3pm
ET to discuss a study that
proposes tripling cigarette taxes as a means to lower tobacco
consumption around the world. It’s a brilliant idea that, clearly,
has
never occurred to policymakers in the past. What could
possibly go wrong with such a simple idea for reducing people’s
taste for tobacco? What cynical fool would ever suggest
unintended consequences might occur?

Tune in for the fun.