[Drango]

When a smoker has to pay 5 times more for health insurance versus a non-smoker, that might change behavior quicker than any gov’t “plan”

True dat. But many poor people DON'T pay for their medical care. They mooch off medicaid. But the iron law of supply and demand will work.

[dila813]

So to turn this around, Medicaid Subsidized the Tobacco Companies. Same Logic.

Who is getting hurt by the tax increase, only the poor.