Sin taxes are a tricky political issue. By taxing tobacco, alcohol, and other unhealthy activities, we pin our state spending on activities we ought to discourage. If a state relies heavily on sin taxes, should we criticize that state's leaders…
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The Center for Disease Control's latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (yes, such pleasurable afternoon reading) assesses states' use of their tobacco settlement money and tobacco taxes. We love that revenue so much that we have spent only a tiny…