I didn't mean to "get you" and no insult or offense was meant. And in return you did a good "gotcha" on me, regarding the incrementalism of the MSA "tax" - I had forgotten about that. Lately I've been paying far more attention to the various states trying to pull the NPMs further into it, as opposed to the entire picture.
The MSA was a nasty piece of work and smokers are the only ones that pay for it and I just wish more were aware of what it did and continues to do.....which is why I keep posting at places like this. You never know when someone might wake up.
Yes, I've been at this a very long time. My husband and I were talking about it last week.......I got involved in the issue while I was still married to my 1st husband - and I've been divorced from him more than 16 years. My ex was a smoker, but did not approve of my getting vocal when there was talk about banning smoking in private businesses (bars & restaurants) back in the late 80s in our town. of course he didn't approve of just about anything I did...but I do not wish to speak ill of the dead, he passed away over a week ago - which in part precipitated the conversation between my husband and I.
As to which group do I know you from? Pick anyone of the smoker's email lists and you will find that even though I don't post often, I'm on all of them. I am a VP of FORCES and on the BOD.
Thanks about the Cookie Monster.....she's going to be 7 and I guess I took that picture about 3 years ago. My activism comes after her.
The "got me" was in good humor. I should have added a "LOL". I wondered, after I posted, if anyone would notice. That article from Forbes is excellent for both a recap and update. I've learned so much in the past year.
I know so little about Forces, other than reading it, though they were the first pro-smoking website I learned about and the resources on it are endless. There is a lot of activity on this board. I've tried a couple of others in the past, but the posters just seemed to enjoy personally insulting each other and kept getting entirely off topic. They weren't worth the effort.
It's good to hear from and exchange ideas with new people. We need the visibility. I was on MyChoice.ca, but the Canadian webmasters didn't want Americans on their forum, so Michael McFadden and I were terminated--in spite of objections from several of the other members.
One more thing, what are NPM's?