A Sin Tax is…

October 18th, 2009

A “sin” tax is a tax put on items that are considered bad for you or dangerous, like alcohol or tobacco. There is a sin tax on cigarettes because the negative health effects of cigarette smoke impose a burden on society; the idea is that by making them more expensive, people will buy fewer of them. The tax also provides the government with additional revenue to pay for programs to help people stop smoking, among other things.

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