Orrin Hatch: “We all know teenage behavior is at best unpredictable. Dr. Warner of the University of Michigan estimated that the 1983…”

“We all know teenage behavior is at best unpredictable. Dr. Warner of the University of Michigan estimated that the 1983 doubling of the Federal excise tax would decrease the number of teenage smokers by 800,000. This estimate fell short by one-fourth. This overzealous estimate should give all of us pause in stepping into the unchartered waters of a $1.50 price increase. We should not lead our mothers in this society to believe that if we raise the price of cigarettes by $1.50, their children will not smoke. Is the Senator aware of that?”