any tax on things that are terrible for you affect the poor the most because that's why half of them are poor, chronic inability to make good decisions. pay attention when you're in line at any store, 70% of the people on food stamps are immediately following that transaction with a cash transaction for alcohol, cigarettes, or scratch tickets. it makes no sense to tax things that are bad for you because that tax money is going right back to the same people buying those things so that they can continue doing it