Re: Canadian proof (not) that taxation lowers cigarette consumption

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From: Carl Paukstis
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:18

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simnet@plato.ds.boeing.com (Mark R Poulson) writes:

>illegal things to get the smokes they need. Nicotine is no different than
>pot or cocaine or alcohol or gambling, .... it gives SOME people a fix they
>just can't live without.

I must disagree with this sentence.  Gambling and marijuana produce no
physiological dependence or physiological withdrawal symptoms.
There's dispute over whether cocaine does.  Nicotine and alcohol
definitely produce physical addiction and withdrawal.
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