# Does Cigarette Smoking Cost Society Money?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cigarette-smoking-cost-society-money/412179>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 17, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cigarette-smoking-cost-society-money/412179 "2007-07-17T20:07:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cigarette-smoking-cost-society-money/412179/61 "2007-07-23T23:49:05Z")

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For all the rationalization as to why we tax cigarettes, here’s one more: So we don’t have to tax food.

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