If there must be a tax, then the tax revenue should be used for only the purpose the tax was created for. So if they tax cigarettes and tobacco, then the revenue should pay for people to stop using, help them find alternatives to the habbit, etc. Not as a revenue for the state or country. Same for tax on soda that people are trying to suggest, then the revenue should subsidize healthy drink machines, and other alternatives. Actually do something good with the tax. Vs. the norm of using it as a source of revenue to use for other services. If the tax is really for deter people from consuming, then use it for a good.