Redefining federalism

Today despite all the measures like banning cigarette advertising and setting purchase restrictions, the most effective way to preserve the health of the nation is raising the taxes and the price of a cigarette pack. Scientific researches show that the raising of the cigarette prizes results in lower overall cigarette consumption. The increasing of prices affects mostly minorities, low-income smokers, and most important the Youth. For example a 10% increase in price, reduces the overall cigarette consumption by 3% to 5%. So the governments try to solve the problem with smoking by Read more