tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post3612876061493841413..comments2024-03-09T10:26:48.789+00:00Comments on economics, psychology, policy: A snag with Increased taxes on cigarettesEmma Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11466193733741012673noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-48620488013134424082009-03-24T17:16:00.000+00:002009-03-24T17:16:00.000+00:00You can also view here a debate on the VB show abo...You can also view here a debate on the VB show about alcohol taxation:<BR/><BR/>http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=6999&locID=1.65.169&page=1<BR/><BR/>Dr. Joe Barry rolled out some interesting excise stats. I also found out that the Minister of State for Health owns a pub.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-72810158216918947312009-03-24T17:13:00.000+00:002009-03-24T17:13:00.000+00:00In relation to the possibility that further tax hi...In relation to the possibility that further tax hikes may make illicit activity more profitable, there was a debate on the Vincent Browne show last night about making tobacco illegal:<BR/><BR/>http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=6998&locID=1.65.169Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-66910797354300681642009-03-23T13:36:00.000+00:002009-03-23T13:36:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kevin Dennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891633553910348880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-67699899189341231972009-03-23T13:30:00.000+00:002009-03-23T13:30:00.000+00:00Kevin Denny's idea on tobacco use should be taken ...Kevin Denny's idea on tobacco use should be taken seriously. Toxicology research has long indicated that the correlation between the number of cigarettes smoked and the quantity of cotinine (a nicotine derivative) in<BR/>the saliva or bloodstream of smokers is quite weak. This suggests that smokers compensate in some measure for higher prices by smoking their cigarettes more intensively. If I disagree with the paper published by professors Adda and Cornaglia, and referenced by Dr Denny, it is only in the degree of that compensation. Much reamins to be learned.<BR/><BR/>From a Canadian perspective I must also side with Denny's warning about the consequences of well intentioned tax hikes. When prices are already high - as they are in Ireland and Canada (about nine dollars Canadian on average, or between five and six Euro per pack) - the strongest consequence of further hikes may be to make illicit activity more profitable. In the provinces of Quebec and Ontario at the present time,<BR/>about one third of the market is accounted for by illegal cigarettes.<BR/>Higher prices may deter a few more smokers, but at the cost of driving<BR/>many of them to the illegal market and strenghtening organized crime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-7212296368691174452009-03-22T19:42:00.000+00:002009-03-22T19:42:00.000+00:00This is definitely an interesting angle on the tob...This is definitely an interesting angle on the tobacco-taxation debate...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com