Great news. The smoking wars are largely over, this will help put an end to the scourge.
The only scourge I see is government elites trying to tell the rest of us how to live our lives.
It won’t work—there will be a black market just like we have now for Cuban cigars.
All it does is turn previously law abiding citizens into criminals and enemies of the state.
So you are ok with other people controlling your property rights?
What “scourge”...lawyers and state public funds garnered the most cash out of the scam suit from the fed on that last debacle. I roll pipe tobacco because I can get a pound for 13.99 at tax class L . Name brand smokes have severe and far more complex carcinogens because of additives and flavorings. What I smoke is basic tobacco ....what the hell do you think got America rolling ? ...the scourge you mention is it....shame you have no idea what a boon tobacco has been and is to the cash pits states need and depend upon. I find any further intervention insult to injury . But I am speaking to a person who knows not of what he/she speaks.
Too bad we cant regulate nosey nellies
“Great news.”
Laugh now but you may be next. Heart disease, after all, is the number 1 killer.
You MUST be healthy, as determined by your insurance wellness plan, or pay increased rates. Everything is in place, structurally through commie-care and argumentatively, through smoke nazis, to come after you and your eats.
This is why it started w/tobacco (actually, it was alcohol but we know how that went). Tobacco use is avidly hated by many, hence the onerous rules pass easy.
What else is there other than smokes and fatty eats?
-Sexually transmitted diseases, including those that lead to cancer. How about an AIDS tax on that gay marriage license? If Billy Graham gets in office, you might have that.
-Contact sports. Rare are those paralyzed for life but when it happens to an adolescent, that’s a long time to pay up. Also, a million one dollar claims costs as much as a single million dollar claims. Physical therapy for relatively minor sports injuries is a multi billion dollar industry due to the volume of clients.
-How about living near a city? Increased pollution rates mean increased respiratory illness. You are not “well enough” if you live in town so special tax for you!
-Like to hike, climb mountains? Sorry too risky to walk on unpaved paths. Not legal - for your own good.
Any of the above and more can be justified w/the same argument as tobacco - statistically, use increases risk. Not a guarantee of illness. Just better odds. All can be enforced through wellness requirements.
So go ahead and yuk it up but keep this in mind:
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Go screw yourself. I’ll grow and roll my own.
L