Cigarette tax is like setting up more ERPs

[meepokboy]

To deter the people from driving cars (or less during peak hours), they set up more ERPs to act as a deterrent. Using the same concept, they are raising excise duty in all tobacco products to serve as a similar deterrent.

But at the end of the day, most people are still driving cars claiming it's necessary, disregarding the costs. To smokers, such costs would probably be disregarded or accepted in the long term, since such a habit is hard to quit.

But is raising the costs the only solution?

 

[Hangover]

if we can ban chewing gum, why not ban cigarettes.

I am a smoker, and I dare the govt to ban cigarettes.

 

[halsey02]

if we can ban chewing gum, why not ban cigarettes.

I am a smoker, and I dare the govt to ban cigarettes.

You go research how much taxes they collect from tobacco & liquor?. Chewing gum is a confectionery, they can't make much money & ban it, they don't miss the revenues from that.

TOBACCO & ALCOHOL ARE DRUGS...they make money & spawn a very lucrative illegal market. You think, they are so 'angelic' trying hard to get people to stop smoking & publishing all those 'education' on the diseases etc..on smoking & drinking. Smoking...tell them to completely ban.....how much money will it cost them?

Might as well include ban liquor...ban all NTUC fairprice supermarket outlets from selling bets!...YOU THINK, THEY WILL KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAY NOT ONLY GOLDEN EGGS...BUT PLATINUM ONES!

THEY DARE?

 

[rectmobile]

R u a smoker?

 

[entree]

if we can ban chewing gum, why not ban cigarettes.

I am a smoker, and I dare the govt to ban cigarettes.

What a stupid idiot reply coming froma retarded brainless mind.

 

[bobby]

if we can ban chewing gum, why not ban cigarettes.

I am a smoker, and I dare the govt to ban cigarettes.

Chewing gum was singularly banned by LKY when he discovered them on the floors of his brand MRT station in the 1980s.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

The cigarette tax is the easiest tax to impose.

The govt can hide behind the pretence of these:
- smoking is bad for health
- smoking is a nice to have, not a daily necessity

 

[halsey02]

The cigarette tax is the easiest tax to impose.

The govt can hide behind the pretence of these:
- smoking is bad for health
- smoking is a nice to have, not a daily necessity

That is what I am saying....I am not a smoker, the Singapore PAP government is the only government on this earth making money out of people's miseries...like the charade behind the tobacco taxes, GST on medicines & all things medicals. For all these are multi-billion dollars market...GST alone is minting money daily...for every seconds, someone light up a smoke, every seconds, someone is not well needs to buy medicine or get sick goes to doctor & better still gets warded into the hospital..that is where the money flows in like water...on your miseries!

 

[rectmobile]

That is what I am saying....I am not a smoker, the Singapore PAP government is the only government on this earth making money out of people's miseries...like the charade behind the tobacco taxes, GST on medicines & all things medicals. For all these are multi-billion dollars market...GST alone is minting money daily...for every seconds, someone light up a smoke, every seconds, someone is not well needs to buy medicine or get sick goes to doctor & better still gets warded into the hospital..that is where the money flows in like water...on your miseries!

Happy to know that you are not a smoker. Smoker stinks and has erectile problem.

 

[congo9]

If They can and a nice name to it , NTUC will take over the running of traditional Brothel.

 

[Hangover]

What a stupid idiot reply coming froma retarded brainless mind.

I may be brainless but I did try not to let these happened.
The other 69% of the smokers voted for it, right?

 

[Hangover]

Happy to know that you are not a smoker. Smoker stinks and has erectile problem.

It's true. I used to ejaculate over 12 times a week ten years ago.
Now only 8-10 times. Maybe it's due to age?

 

[Kuailan]

Why should they Ban cigarettes? because it give smoker Lung cancer Hospital make more money from Chemo!! They see good money from Smoker.. Chewing Gum no benefit to Gahmen that's why Ban and chew gum cheap stuff how to tax?? In fact Gahmen should increase More tax on cigarettes like 40% taxes!!! Than can forgo GST 2% increase!!

 

[AntonKiasi]

KNN next time underwear also tax

 

[borom]

It has nothing to do with cars, traffic jams, cigarettes or health and all to do with revenue!
PAY And PAY

 

[Hangover]

each got their own agenda
There is something else they want to achieve

 

[greeny2k8]

if we can ban chewing gum, why not ban cigarettes.

I am a smoker, and I dare the govt to ban cigarettes.

The tobacco tax is a cash cow for them. I don't think the govt will put a ban on this. As a smoker myself, just try to smoke less or find a cheaper alternative,

 

[congo9]

Why should they Ban cigarettes? because it give smoker Lung cancer Hospital make more money from Chemo!! They see good money from Smoker.. Chewing Gum no benefit to Gahmen that's why Ban and chew gum cheap stuff how to tax?? In fact Gahmen should increase More tax on cigarettes like 40% taxes!!! Than can forgo GST 2% increase!!

Chewing Gum is a menance.
after consuming, the gum is being stuck on the floor. Government has to spend so much time clearing what is left. So much money is being paid to remove what is being stuck on the floor.

Government can't tax the bugger with a good enough reason and it is costing so much money just to clear up the after math. Might as well ban it and leave the money for further good use.