Topic: Cigarette taxes are a hot topic. All 50 state governments have enacted taxes on cigarettes, and many have raised their taxes several times. Cigarette taxes are a way governments can achieve two social objectives. The first objective is to reduce the number of citizens who smoke. The government issuing the cigarette tax hopes that the rise in the cost of a package of cigarettes will induce people to quit smoking. The second objective is to raise government revenue. A cigarette tax, like any other tax, increases the amount of revenue governments can spend on social programs. Issues you may want to address in your cigarette tax paper: Will cigarette taxes have the desired effect of reducing the demand for cigarettes? Do increases in cigarette taxes have any other effects? What are the distributional effects of cigarette taxes? Who pays for the bulk of the taxes: richer citizens or poorer citizens? What do governments spend cigarette tax revenues on? How much of the tax collected goes to programs designed to help people to stop smoking? How much of it goes to increased health care costs due to smoking? Your Research project should be drawn from a minimum of seven articles or sources. These articles should be from quality publications and should be appropriately identified on a Bibliography page. You may use personal interviews as a source. You may also use a television interview, an employee manual, a dictionary, encyclopedia, or a finical report. Your paper should include a cover page with the title of your paper, your name, the number of this class (ECN 3010X) and the date. Do not copy directly from your articles without using quotes. Sources You must also show where you obtained your research. You must create a bibliography. You must have seven or more sources. The more sources the better. Your bibliography page should be single-spaced within the citation and double-space between citations. Remember, you can be creative with your sources. Personal interviews are a great way to be creative. Maybe, you could use the employee handbook of a company as a source. Formatting Specifications: 1. The title of your paper should be: Ariel Size 18 Font, Centered (you must have a separate title page.) Information to include in the title page: title of your paper, your name, the number of this class (ECN 3010X) and the date 2. The margins of your paper should be: 1"" left, top, bottom, and right. 3. The body of your paper should be full justified. 4. Each new paragraph should begin with a ½ inch indention. 5. The body should be typed in Times New Roman Size 12 Font. 6. Double --space between lines. 7. After writing your paper, and before submitting it-BE CERTAIN TO RUN SPELL AND GRAMMAR CHECK!! 8. Your paper should be at least four completely typed pages; more is great, less is not good. (This does not include the title and the bibliography page)