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No one is incentivizing people to smoke. And why should one person have to pay a tax for thier vice, while others don't. Alcohol is literally poison. It's worse than terrible for you. But that one is ok? There are those who would argue adamantly that red meat is terrible for you and the environment. Should we try to tax those two out of existence. Why should we be trying to make people think twice. They have a right to make their decisions without other people interference and judgements. We could go deeper down this rabbit hole and get into sexual orientation and such. The same arguments were made for laws against that... it's terrible, it's not natural. Maybe they will think twice if we make laws against it...
I mean, I think that's a stretch. We know that vaping gives you popcorn lung and likely lung cancer also the same as cigarettes.
Alcohol in moderation has no long lasting effects. If you drink in excess it's not great for your liver sure, but it's still not as bad as smoking/vaping.
For the record, I'm pro legalising cannabis, and if people want to smoke and drink up a storm in their own home on a Friday night, go for it!
However, in the interest of public health, a tax on vapes wouldn't be a bad idea. There's no reason they shouldn't be as restricted as cigarettes are. If they're expensive then it doesn't stop those who really want to partake from using them, but it limits children's access.
Also, alcohol IS taxed already.
The data on alcohol in moderations actually isn't that clear from the things I read. But if you want to go that route... vaping in moderation also isn't going to do much to you either. And if they are expensive, you have now said a whole bunch of people can't do it because they are poor. And you rich people, you can do whatever you want. Why should laws be made to punish people with less money? And yes alcohol is taxed already. It shouldn't be taxed any different than anything else. The gov shouldn't be trying to tell us how to live our lives if we aren't hurting anyone.
But if a rich person kills someone while driving drunk... well that is just okay. We can't put them in jail. It will ruin their life.
The reality of taxes on things like alcohol and cigarettes is that they can get away with it. So they do. Because where does that money eventually land? Is some donors pocket. Gotta have an organization to collect those taxes. And someone has to be the overpaid political appointee to "run" that organization. And probably need software for tracking all that stuff... you guessed it. Consultants, and some over paid ceo who gets a disproportionately large amount compared to others because he know people in the gov and was able to land the contract. It's never about actually reducing people's use of the substances. They could do that with better services for addicts, and better mental healthcare. But that just doesn't pay enough rich people. It's too simple.