Bill Cassidy said "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?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 20, 2011

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?

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Bill Cassidy

Republican · Louisiana

Source

congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Cassidy questions the effectiveness of anti-tobacco efforts versus tax increases.

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