Alcohol Quote by Annie Lowrey

“Research shows that increased taxes on cigarettes and alcohol minimally influences moderate users, but not heavy drinkers and smokers (the ones who ostensibly need…

— Andrew Heaton

The federal government, state governments will not do without that tax revenue from tobacco no matter what. I've always thought it was one of…

— Rush Limbaugh

“Heavy smokers and drinkers do not alter their habits, they simply spend more of their income on the taxes punishing their bad decisions. Thus…

— Andrew Heaton

Sometimes 'sin' taxes are useful not because of their perceived health benefits but because they are effectively a form of voluntary taxation which tends…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

You can use the tax code to make people smoke less. You can use the tax code to make 'em smoke more. You can…

— Rush Limbaugh

Sugar is the next tobacco, without a doubt, and that industry should be scared. It should be taxed just like tobacco and anything else…

— Jamie Oliver

If you don't drink, smoke, or drive a car, you're a tax evader.

— Thomas S. Foley

I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is…

— Thomas Jefferson

Taxes are how we pool our money for public health and safety, infrastructure, research, and services-from the development of vaccines and the Internet to…

— Holly Sklar

I think over time the fiscal environment on cigarettes will become different, and the regulatory environment has to differentiate the products. If that is…

— Andre Calantzopoulos

A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal eÇŒoyments, it only shifts expenses from…

— Antoine Destutt de Tracy

A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal enjoyments, it only shifts expenses from…

— Antoine Destutt de Tracy