WARNING: The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement May Be Hazardous

In his article for the Winter 2008 issue of Cigar Magazine, CEI General Council Sam Kazman discusses the ramifications of the antitobacco movement’s Master Settlement Agreement of a decade ago.

“[It] effectively imposed a massive nationwide cigarette tax increase, even though no elected legislator ever voted for it.”

While acknowledging the health risks of smoking, Mr. Kazman explains how tobacco taxes and regulation have become equally addictive.

Read the full article from Cigar Magazine (PDF).

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