Dec 4, 2008

Addiction | Increased Regulation of Tobacco Products Would Not Reduce Teenage Smoking

In recent years, federal, state, and local governments have attempted to reduce teen smoking with increased regulations of tobacco products. State governments have experimented with hikes in cigarette taxes, while the federal government has instituted regulations that restrict the advertising of tobacco products. Dwight R. Lee contends in the following viewpoint that neither measure will significantly reduce smoking among teenagers. He claims that high taxes on cigarettes only result in rampant cigarette smuggling, whereby minors have more, not less, access to cigarettes. Furthermore,...