I don't know how they arrive at these figures. If true, then why don't they leave the adult smokers alone and why are they saying that teens are buying cigarettes off of the Internet?

I think it's just a bunch of propaganda, myself.

Well we better raise taxes then, I mean we need the money!

You mean, GASP!, a "Just say No!" ad campaign just might discourage kids from doing something?

Well they may not be smoking as much but according to all the recent report I've seen lately,they are too busy having sex.

Where's the outrage?

And the fact that there is nowhere left to smoke except outside.

Actually, I think what they're really doing is playing video games. I gather these games are tremendous time sinks.

An obvious, in-your-face example of just why we sould fear our government. And we just let it happen. I wonder if anyone has made a list of the decisions made for us by our government through the power of taxation, local, state and federal.

Yeah, I'm a smoker. But what's next folks?

Well they may not be smoking as much but according to all the recent report I've seen lately,they are too busy having sex.

And still drinking and driving and wrapping themselves around trees. But oh well, I guess it's ok as long as they aren't smoking.

(I can get really pissed off with this!)

You mean, GASP!, a "Just say No!" ad campaign just might discourage kids from doing something?

Hard to say. The same report shows that for the first time, teen marijuana use is greater than cigarette use.

You mean, GASP!, a "Just say No!" ad campaign just might discourage kids from doing something?

First of all, just because this drop coincided with an ad campaign doesn't mean one caused the other. And not all ad campaigns are created equal; did the anti-smoking campaign, for example, use the argument that smoking would cause one to gun down one's friend (as a recent silly anti-pot ad did)?

I've never seen a "just say no" ad that was remotely useful for stopping anybody from doing anything. Most of their anti-smoking ads give me the jones for a butt.

I would think that the only winners are the lawyers who have reaped $$$Billions in fees. I believe they have get paid first, as per their usual thirst... and the decreasing pool of smokers are having to pay a higher and higher toll, for their pleasure.

Assuming that the attorneys worked 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, for 42 months, they would earn $92,593 per hour -- that's $7,716 per hour for each of the 12 lawyers. -http://www.cato.org/dailys/03-06-99.html

I think I'll go smoke one of those Ghurkas that I got from CI, and ponder whether I need to go back to school, and get a law degree!

cigarettes may be down but pot is up

Indeed, pot use is ahead of tobacco use for the first time. But then again, drug dealers don't put up a "We Card" sign.