High taxes on cigarettes - TPO 53
The reading and the lecture are both about whether or not high taxes on cigarettes and other unhealthy products should apply. The author of the reading feels that increased taxes on these products will be benefited and pose reasons of support. However, the lecturer casts doubt on each of the reasons presented in the reading. She is of the opinion that having high taxes on these products can be very challenging.
First of all, the author claims that people will avoid unhealthy behavior because of the high taxes applied on cigarettes which can lead people to buy fewer of them. Also, increase in the taxes of cigarettes might deter people from buying them. This argument is challenged by the lecturer. She states that increased taxes on cigarettes may lead people to buy lower quality cigarettes which usually have more harmful substances in it. Consequently, people will be exposed to greater health risks. Moreover, people might continue to buy expensive unhealthy food, which will make people spend less money on healthy food.
Second, the author posits that taxing people who involve in unhealthy behaviors creates extra income that can be used to cover the medical costs. The lecturer refutes this by mentioning that unfair taxes do not take into account people's income. A pack of cigarette in a day can really add into a greater expense for low earners. Furthermore, she points out that it is not fair to increase taxes on food because then it will create heavy burden on people who earn less.
Finally, the author asserts that the high rate on taxation on cigarettes considerably increases revenue for the government. In addition to this, the taxes on cigarettes and on unhealthy foods benefit everyone. The professor, on the other hand, believes that income represent millions of dollars and government does not want to lose it. For instance, it is unlikely for cigarettes to not be allowed in parks or should be completely banned in public or private areas.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 44, Rule ID: WHETHER[7]
Message: Perhaps you can shorten this phrase to just 'whether'. It is correct though if you mean 'regardless of whether'.
Suggestion: whether
... reading and the lecture are both about whether or not high taxes on cigarettes and other unhe...
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Line 3, column 619, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...eople spend less money on healthy food. Second, the author posits that taxing pe...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, consequently, finally, first, furthermore, however, may, moreover, really, second, so, then, for instance, in addition, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 5.04856512141 277% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 47.0 30.3222958057 155% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1650.0 1373.03311258 120% => OK
No of words: 330.0 270.72406181 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.26214759535 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.511527144 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 172.0 145.348785872 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.521212121212 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 510.3 419.366225166 122% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 31.5101394616 49.2860985944 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.6666666667 110.228320801 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.3333333333 21.698381199 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.72222222222 7.06452816374 123% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 4.45695364238 247% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.528195733129 0.272083759551 194% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.17403011362 0.0996497079465 175% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.11374393243 0.0662205650399 172% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.326826869467 0.162205337803 201% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0378405460712 0.0443174109184 85% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.3 13.3589403974 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.72 12.2367328918 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.17 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 76.0 63.6247240618 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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