▶ Your Answer : In this set of materials, both the reading and the lecture deal with effect of tax on tobacco. The lecturer challenges the reading passage's argument that tax on tobacco will not operate well.
First of all, The reading insists that rising tax will be decline young smokers. The professor, however, refutes that argument by saying that high tax would not prevent young people from smoking. According to the study, when taxes on cigarettes increase, teenagers buy them from black market. Moreover, smugglers sell cigarettes cheaply with out ID Check, underage will buy them easily.
Secondly, The author maintains that cultivating tobacco leaves help environment by providing more money on process. On the otherhand, the speaker rebut this claim by asserting that rising tax does not benefit to enviroment. This is because extra tax will not use for cleaning or planting tree.
Lastly, article contends that higher tax can be used for poverty. In contrast, the lecturer counter the contention by asserting that it can decrease job. tobacco industry has providing many works but if the tax increased, jobs will disappear. |