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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They are already complaining about the hole in the budget illegal tobacco products are leaving, how on earth would our economy stand up to losing the addiction tax?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I mean... They just put up the tax on alcohol again, so... But I agree. This means more black market tobacco & vapes. However, I imagine they would counter with "Finding the money in the healthcare we no longer have to provide for smoking related illness" or some such. (Even though many of these people will have private healthcare if that matters).