“Because it's cheaper, they're actually smoking more. So the excise is totally counter-productive.”

John Silvester · Law The Podcast · John Silvester: Sly of the Underworld

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Argued that high tobacco excise taxes create a cheaper illicit market, leading to increased smoking

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