Do we know that the effects of this taskforce, which I am sure consume a fair amount of resources--are they responsible for our decrease in tobacco usage or would it just be the fact that we are taxing the heck out of it and that it making it less affordable for people to smoke?
Bill Cassidy: “Do we know that the effects of this taskforce, which I am sure consume a fair amount of resources--are they responsible…”
On the recordJuly 20, 2011
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Cassidy questions the effectiveness of anti-tobacco efforts versus tax increases.
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