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Take MJ in your home state, or cigarettes in NYC as an example. Both are legal, but taxed to the point where a majority of the sales occur outside the legal framework.
And when you reach that Point, there is No Taxes being Collected on the Majority Percentile. And there is No Regulatory Oversite or Age Checking either.
And the Answer to that Problem is... Wait for it... Higher Taxes and even More Regulation. What a Perfect Feedback Loop.
So has a Government
Really Achieved their Goals of Regulating the e-Cigarette Market that they Sold the Uneducated Population on? And Advanced Public Health as they so Sanctimoniously Promised?
Higher Smoking Rates for Both Teens and Adults seems like a Step Backwards from a Health Standpoint.
It's kinda a Joke. Because it has been done Again and Again. Those Markets you Mentioned are Prime Examples. It would almost be Funny like some Machiavellian Play if it wasn't for the number of People Dying Prematurely because they Can't Quit Smoking.