%0 PDF %T Issues Related to the Regressive Nature of Cigarette Excise Taxes in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts %8 2007-03-07 %I Tufts Archival Research Center %R http://localhost/files/bv73cc13f %X Points against cigarette excise taxes in Massachusetts. Argues tobacco taxes are not stable enough to fund health care and that excise taxes are unfair because of their regressive nature. Predicts that such a tax would distort the economy in general. %[ 2018-10-07 %9 text %~ Tufts Digital Library %W Institution