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Adding taxes to something like smoking (in a country with government health care) makes sense because you're having people pay for their eventual health problems that come from their habit; I admit that it is somewhat cruel to tax someone because they have an addiction though.

When you're taxing MP3 downloads because teenage pregnancies are costing the welfare system too much I think you're targeting the wrong product ...