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This article covers the topic of excise taxes in which the state of Massachusetts' government has tried to place an excise tax on tobacco in order to reduce the usage of it and improve people's health.

The California Medical Assn now want a $3 excise tax put on cigarettes because the extra cost would pay for the cost of treating diseases caused by smoking.

This article concerns the excise tax place on beverages containing sugar. Berkeley has done this to reduce the amount of consumption of the drink, which they hope will improve nutrition and health in the area. This shows that the beverage is elastic, and the government are controlling its demand.

This article is about the excise taxes on medical devices and Obamacare. It is important that it is repealed immediately so that is can go tax free and people can pay less, but it can't get through the house to the president's desk so the issue persists.

The article discusses about the Affordable Care Act and the excise tax it imposes. The medical device excise tax has been controversial since 2013, so Congress doesn't know whether to repeal it or not.

This article is a study, which looks at increase of taxing companies per worker in order to cover the costs of providing health care for the workers. The study looks at how an increase in tax would affect companies and there attitudes towards this tax. Companies would take measures in order to pay as little tax as possible.

This article talks about excise tax on medical device manufacturers and the impact of the tax on the industry.

This article centers around how the Seattle City Council had voted on Friday to have the city's Law Department investigate the possibility of enacting "an excise tax on annual individual or household earnings in excess of $1 million." The article also depicts how the council had voted regarding minumum wages.

According to the federal government, weed is one of the most dangerous controlled substances on the market, especially after it was legalised in Colorado. Colorado's Proposition AA, passed two months before legalization, requires that recreational marijuana be subjected to a 15 percent excise tax, a levy imposed on goods such as gas, alcohol, and tobacco, in addition to a 10 percent state sales tax. During the first fiscal year the state pulled in just under $14 million in marijuana taxes, licenses, and fees according to the Colorado Department of Revenue. The money is going to build schools, support drug prevention and intervention programs, fund the state's Marijuana Enforcement Division. On the other hand, medical marijuana patients only pay a 2.9 percent tax on weed.

The government had imposed an excise tax to discourage teens from purchasing and consuming alcopops. However, since the demand of the alcopops was not detered as much was intended, it shows that the alcopops are relatively inelastic.

This article is about the excise taxes on marijuana in Colorado. It is important to know that the tax revenue $2 million dolars in January 2013. As marijuana is legal in Colorado, the government gets the best benefit of it by imposing harsh tax on marijuana. Since marijuana is price inelastic because of its addictive nature, the government can impose as much as taxes as it can which can lead to more revenues.

This article demonstrates how profitable taxation can be for governments. The example here is that the state of Colorado earned over $2 million in taxes on the sale of marijuana, an addictive product.

This article is about the income of the government by the taxes on marijuana which is legal in Colorado

Very interesting article about putting a tax on sugar products, saying that it would benefit society. While this is true, how would it affect the economy? Quite alot I would say.

This article talks about the Obama care and how individuals including employers and employees will suffer the tax that will pay in the future. It is estimated that about 20% of the tax will be paid by companies or employers and 80% will be paid by the employees. This payment would all begin in 2018, and by 2025 the government is expected to make about $105-Billion.