Relying only on progressive taxes, however, would be problematic, as would carving up consumption tax bases exclusively in service to progressivity, in part because of the narrow number of taxable items would create a narrow, volatile tax base whose non-neutrality could introduce sizable economic distortions and disincentivize important economic activities like earning income, saving, and investing in property
Cigarettes and other tobacco products, on the other hand, lose freshness when exposed to humidity, affecting both nicotine potency and flavor
Each company measured concentrations in the aerosol for its product, which C&EN shows as a percentage of the value reported for cigarette smoke
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