The Economics of Cigarette Smokers

With the federal increase in cigarette taxes, a recent survey breaks down who smokes by pay grade

By U.S. News Staff

April 7, 2009 RSS Feed Print

38 percent make $12,000 to $35,999 a year
22 percent make $36,000 to $59,999 a year
15 percent make less than $12,000 a year
13 percent make $60,000 to $89,999 a year
12 percent make over $90,000 a year

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Source: Gallup

Tags:: smoking and tobacco

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WHY NOT RAISE THE PRICE OF ALCOHOL - THIS SEEMS TO KILL MORE PEOPLE THEN NICOTINE. IF I WANT TO SMOKE THAT IS MY BUSINESS- AFTER DOING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE PRICE OF HEALTHCARE RELATED TOBACCO ILLNESSES - DON'T LET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOOL YOU! - DID YOU KNOW IF A DOCTOR CHARGES $100 FOR AN OFFICE VISIT AND LETS SAY YOU ARE COVERED BY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AND YOU PAY $20 FOR AN OFFICE COPAY - THE DOCTOR IS LUCKY TO GET $40 FROM BLUE CROSS. THE REMAINING AMOUNT IS A DISCOUNT THAT THE DOCTOR WRITES OFF - THIS IS ACTUALLY A CONTRACTUAL ADJUSTMENT - IN OTHER WORDS - BECAUSE THE DOCTOR IS A BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PROVIDER - HE HAS TO EAT WHAT BLUE CROSS TELLS HIM TO EAT - FOLKS, IT IS NOT THE DOCTORS THAT ARE GETTING RICH ITS THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT ARE SCREWING EVERYBODY! THINK ABOUT IT! EVENTUALLY TOBACCO WILL BE AN ILLEGAL DRUG.

LORANE of TX 4:04PM April 07, 2009

ITS A LITTLE TOO LATE TO TELL ME I CAN STOP SMOKING AFTER I HAVE BEEN ADDICTED FOR 33 YERS. I HATE IT. I HAVE PUT DOWN LOTS OF THINGS OVER THE YEARS BUT NOT THE CIGARETTES. THAT SHOULD TELL YO SOMETHING.

E of AL 10:35AM April 07, 2009

So what we really need is to know what percentage of the population makes those figures. If the 12% of smokers is from 3% of the population, and the 38% is from 90% of the population, than people who have money smoke more than others, but if 50% of the population makes under 38K and if 10% make over 90K, than the less money you have, the more likely you are to smoke...
simple relative numbers

Dave of CT 10:25AM April 07, 2009

The Economics of Cigarette Smokers

With the federal increase in cigarette taxes, a recent survey breaks down who smokes by pay grade

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