In the 10 years since the landmark deal, the states have received $79.2 billion of the settlement and another $124.3 billion from tobacco taxes, but have spent only about 3 percent of it — $6.5 billion — on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, the groups said in a report.
Poor baby’s when do us pro-freedom people get funding?
Filed under: anti insanity, economic impact, reality check | Tagged: anti insanity, reality check, Smoke-Free Wisconsin, smoking ban
This was put out by the CFTFK and what ever they say has to be taken with a grain of salt the size of a salt block in a cow pasture!
For instance, they say that every 10% increase in the cost of cigarettes leads to a 7% decrease in the smoking rate.
Thus, a 100% increase in price would lead to about a 50% decrease in the smoking rate.
Looking here,we find that the Illinois smoking rate has gone from about 23%(1995) to about 20%(2007), this a 13% decrease.
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/display.asp?yr=All+Years&state=IL&qkey=4396&grp=0&SUBMIT3=Go
In 1995 the price of a pack of cigarettes was about $1, in 2007 the price was over $4.
This 2 100% increases, $1 to 2$ and $2 to $4.
According to CFTFK the rate should have dropped from 23% to 11.5% and then from 11.5% to 5.75%.
There is quite a bit of difference between 5.75% and 20%!!!!!
They do tend to slant numbers to fit their agenda.
Do you know how you can tell if a smoking ban advocate is lying? His lips are moving.
Everything…every single thing…these people say, do and promote is based on half-truths, untruths, and in some cases boldfaced lies. The dishonesty of these people is astonishing.
The one about bars “prospering” is a really good one. I can’t believe that they actually expect anyone to believe it. That ranks with the NYC cops years ago explaining a ton of weed disappearing from an evidence vault by blaming a “rodent problem” LOL