I’m a non-smoker. I dislike tobacco. I dislike smoke.
Having said all that, I also believe that it’s a person’s right to decide if they want to smoke and for the most part, where and when they want to smoke.
What bothers me most is Big Goverment’s overpowering desire to tax the hell out of this product - all on the basis that it’s unhealthy and bad for you.
If tobacco is really as bad as Big Government and the anti-tobacco groups say it is, why hasn’t there been an attempt to completely ban it?
The reason is that Big Government (whether it be on the state or federal level) is addicted to the revenue that comes from taxing the hell out of this product.
Banning it would wipe out a major source of income for all their pet projects and overall govt spending. They’ll never do that.
Major ditto’s to your statement!
Very well put...