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Re: Just a Question

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From: Henry Mensch
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 00:58
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haluk@merlin.dev.cdx.mot.com (Haluk Gumrukcu) wrote: 
->... But you can not eliminate second-hand smoking
->by raising the tax on cigarettes.

sure i can; i can raise the cigarette tax to 5000% (yes, that's right)
of the cost of a pack of cigarettes.  betcha many people would quit
the habit real fast.

(did i say "tea party"? :>)

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# henry mensch / booz, allen & hamilton, inc.  / <henry@ads.com>
# "fight the real enemy."  -- sinead o'connor, and many others.
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