Schumers position isnt surprising he has been a vocal proponent of more tobacco and nicotine regulation, having co-sponsored a 2009 law that banned cigarettes and smokeless tobacco being shipped by the US Postal Service
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Cigarettes cause more deaths than HIV, illegal drugs, alcohol, car accidents and gun incidents combined because smokers are in higher risk to develop heart disease, stroke, and cancer almost everywhere in the body, like the bladder, esophagus, kidney, larynx, stomach and lungs
The tax on cigarettes is also negligible a mere twenty percent compared to the seventy percent tax rate seen in most countries worldwide
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