Oh! But didn't we just read from the anti's that smoking is down because of the higher taxes and smoking bans?
The anti's ride a see-saw. Up one minute down the next.
How many "Action Plans" do you think are on the drawing board right now?
They're waiting until their propaganda campaigns have smokers just a bit more demonized, and their brain dead cheerleaders will be praising this new advance in "public health."
For the children.
It reflects the inherent contradictions in their tax 'em till they quit schemes. They supposedly want everyone to quit, and when folks do, they lose money! Well, they can't have that, so they freak out and start shouting about the fact that so many "haven't gotten the message", so they can justify raising the tax further. It's a vicious circle, and one that shows them for the fools they are.