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resources to switch to a better system. They are forced to consider these elasticities when
determining taxes and how to distribute subsidies for goods that are otherwise unprofitable to
produce and whose import is prohibited. Although neither of these actions is desirable, the
product's taxation depends on that nation's political view and whether the product is necessary
The government imposes a high tax on tobacco goods to generate income and advance
the societal objective of preventing smoking. Each state levies a tax on tobacco goods due to the
government's desire to raise money randomly or its desire to combat cancer. The volume of
tobacco products, regardless of whether a cigarette, chewing, pipe, cigar, or snuff, determines the
place. In an ideal future government, there would be no need for subsidies, and taxes would be
based on how much natural resources, like land value, are used.
Products containing tobacco would mainly experience inelastic demand since rising
nicotine demand would lead customers to pay more if necessary. Due to an inelastic demand,
where quantity supplied is not affected but the change in revenue is enormous due to a rise in
costs, their revenue will decrease by more than the quantity supplied for two reasons. First, and
most importantly, they face an increase in costs that may be partially offset by a decline in factor
The government will receive a more significant portion of the proceeds from the tobacco
industry as per unit tax because the unit output wouldn't drop, and supply would be reduced by a
more considerable margin than previously due to losses. Therefore, the unit tax was more