1-. _ 1 out of 1 points The state legislature is contemplating putting additional taxes on cigarettes in order to increase state revenues and balance the state budget. It is well known that smokers tend to have lower incomes than nonsmokers. It is not recommended the state increase taxes on cigarettes because this places the tax unfairly on those with low incomes rather than spreading the tax out among the entire population. (1) For example. the tax on boats and luxury items could be increased instead of or in addition to an increased tax on cigarettes in order to more equitably spread the tax across all income levels, not iust place it on the poor. Wk01.lntro.Cigarettes. Same passage as above. The above passage is