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| I don't smoke. |
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Stain
Joined: 08 Jan 2014
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| I think the aim here is to deter those who want to enjoy life from endangering those who don't. And I'm not just talking about smoking either. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 8:46 am Post subject: |
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| In Sweden and other countries with huge social services cigarettes and alcohol pay the bills. It's called a sin tax. Supposedly it works really well. |
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metalhead
Joined: 18 May 2010
Location: Toilet
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| young_clinton wrote: |
| In Sweden and other countries with huge social services cigarettes and alcohol pay the bills. It's called a sin tax. Supposedly it works really well. |
Yeah but in Sweden you get money from the government for studying, even for going to high school, so it's easy to afford the booze and cigs. The average 2.1 hakwon salary is what a bus driver earns, and the bus driver works a lot less hours as everything is 'lagom' in Sweden. You really can't compare Sweden to a place like Korea, it's night and day except for the hot girls part; Korea has pretty hot women, Sweden has stunning women. That's the only similarity really. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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I highly doubt the revenue from alcohol and cigarettes is sufficient to completely cover the entire Swedish medical system.
The sin tax revenue may cover a portion, but it is unlikely to cover all. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| It's about time. Now cigarettes will cost the same here as they did in Canada in the late 80s. Nowadays in Canada, you have to mortgage your home to support a smoking habit - which I'm all for because of the medical system in place. Hopefully this move will mitigate the current president's attempt to destroy Korea's cheap, effective hospitals by privatizing. |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
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in New York City, a single pack was almost $7 dollars or more
by far highest i've seen |
That sounds cheap. I thought it was $10/pack in NYC. That's around the price for cigs here in DC now. Of course you can just go over to Virigina and get cigs for half that price. |
I bought a pack while in New York City last February and it was $12.50.
The funny thing about Virginia, people who live close enough to the border with North Carolina head down to buy their smokes on the cheap. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| metalhead wrote: |
| young_clinton wrote: |
| In Sweden and other countries with huge social services cigarettes and alcohol pay the bills. It's called a sin tax. Supposedly it works really well. |
Yeah but in Sweden you get money from the government for studying, even for going to high school, so it's easy to afford the booze and cigs. The average 2.1 hakwon salary is what a bus driver earns, and the bus driver works a lot less hours as everything is 'lagom' in Sweden. You really can't compare Sweden to a place like Korea, it's night and day except for the hot girls part; Korea has pretty hot women, Sweden has stunning women. That's the only similarity really. |
Sweden also has an economy that per capita is pretty competitive. It keeps up with the United States. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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Stain
Joined: 08 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| I think it's a good idea, after all. Now stress in this country will have to be dealt with through pharmaceuticals. |
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Stain
Joined: 08 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| I think it's a good idea, after all. Now stress in this country will have to be dealt with through pharmaceuticals. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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