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There was no evidence that it would discourage young people from smoking, as the government insisted

As noted earlier, however, they acknowledge the impact of tax avoidance on the efficacy of state excise taxes and observe that it "points to the advantages of federal taxes." In theory, focusing on a federal tax approach could avoid some of the smuggling problems produced by large interstate tax differentials.[217] At the same time, however, it is difficult to see how a federal cigarette tax could supplant state taxes

I must have smoked over a couple of hundred packs during my childhood

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 20062010