After a very close, back and forth evening for Proposition 29, the $1 a pack cigarette tax, it appears that the big tobacco companies and their $44 million in advertising worked on the voters in California.
Did people actually believe that it was a tax on everyone, or only for tobacco products?
It seemed like a no-brainer to most of us who don't want to see our children and grandchildren buying cigarettes.
It seemed like a no-brainer to most of us who don't want to see our children and grandchildren buying cigarettes.
However, scare-tactics work on those who don't pay close attention to the details, and so once again, the big tobacco companies came out winners.
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