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Answers: “If the tax on beer were increased, would it result in you buying fewer cigarettes?”

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Probably. A lot of people who drink and smoke, smoke more while they're drinking. Some people don't smoke UNLESS they're drinking (like myself). If alcohol became too expensive to drink a lot of, I'd probably smoke less.

I live in NYC and a lot of people quit or cut back on smoking when they banned smoking in bars. Then again, cigarettes are already $7 a pack here and the beers are $6 for a Corona.

Still there a lot of people that are just plain addicted to smoking and wouldn't smoke less no matter what.

Raising taxes on alcohol would probably just lead to a bigger black market and people getting pissed at the government for taxing the hell out of our vices. It's not really the government's job to police our bad decisions if you ask me. That's why Prohibition was such a disaster.

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Nope-- when you've gotta have something you buy it even if you can't afford it. Like gas. I'm still driving even if it means I have to go into debt.

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No, I don't smoke, so a beer tax increase would have no effect on my cigarette buying. I would not buy any less beer either, I'd just be willing to pay more for it.

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I'd be a little upset about the tax going up, but beer is good so I would still buy it. I don't buy cigarettes anyway. If you are drinking you are only poisoning your own body. If you are smoking you are poisoning everyone within a 50 ft radius. YUCK!

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what does the tax on beer have to do with the purchasing of ciggs?

if you meant to ask about the tax on ciggs well when i started smoking name brand ciggs only cost about $1.50 per pack, (and the generics were less than $1.00), now they are usually over $4.00 and I still buy them...

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no... it would be the same, but i'd make moonshine

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