I’m sure there’s a better document somewhere addressing these, but I’ll just quickly say that people tend to regret starting smoking tobacco and often want to stop, tobacco smoking reduces quality of life, and that smokers often support raising tobacco taxes if the money goes to addressing the (very expensive!) health problems caused by smoking (e.g. this sample, and I don’t think this pattern is unique). So I think bringing tobacco taxes in line with recommendations is good under most moral systems, even those which strongly prioritize autonomy—this is a situation where smokers seem to be straightforwardly stating that they’d rather not behave this way.
Eric Garner died because the police approached him on suspicion of selling illegal cigarettes and then killed him—I don’t think that’s realistically attributable to tobacco taxation.
I’m sure there’s a better document somewhere addressing these, but I’ll just quickly say that people tend to regret starting smoking tobacco and often want to stop, tobacco smoking reduces quality of life, and that smokers often support raising tobacco taxes if the money goes to addressing the (very expensive!) health problems caused by smoking (e.g. this sample, and I don’t think this pattern is unique). So I think bringing tobacco taxes in line with recommendations is good under most moral systems, even those which strongly prioritize autonomy—this is a situation where smokers seem to be straightforwardly stating that they’d rather not behave this way.
Eric Garner died because the police approached him on suspicion of selling illegal cigarettes and then killed him—I don’t think that’s realistically attributable to tobacco taxation.