State Rep. Karen Carter Peterson wants to curb smoking while bringing in millions in additional revenue by raising cigarette taxes by $1 a pack. But Business Report Executive Editor JR Ball says why confine sin taxes only to cigarettes? “Let’s slap hefty taxes on artery-clogging fast-food restaurants, anyone selling liver-rotting alcohol products and, as long as Les Miles is head coach, LSU football games,” he says. Read the full column here. Send comments to editors@businessreport.com.
Editor: Hooked on sin taxes
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