[eyespysomething]

Anyone want to make a bet on how long before cigerettes and other tobacco products are illegal? I say 10 years or less.

[SheLion]

Anyone want to make a bet on how long before cigerettes and other tobacco products are illegal? I say 10 years or less.

Yet we are to be happy with gay rights and the legal sale of pot and alcohol?

[Kidan]

Of course if they do this, all they do is provide a way to get smokers thier cigarettes even cheaper.

Think prohibition. The Kennedy's made a fortune bootlegging during that era.



Maybe that's it, the Democrat's rich morons, are running out of money, and need some bootlegging to get them rolling in the green again..

[JoeGar]

Anyone want to make a bet on how long before cigerettes and other tobacco products are illegal? I say 10 years or less.

Never happen -- the states would lose too much revenue.

[pollyannaish]

I'll be surprised. There is too much government money in cigarettes.

This is a HUGE racket in almost every state. They know that smoking is unpopular with the majority of people. So they use that as an excuse to outrageously tax and control people who are doing something unpopular. The also are confiscating funds from the manufacturers using horrible tactics. I know...you can ask my (insert bad word here) Governor. She had a big old hand in the money jar. Funny thing is, that money isn't going for anything related to smoking. It's building sidewalks and bridges and all kinds of completely unrelated stuff.

It is flat out wrong. Now that many states are outlawing smoking in any public place, in your own car if you have children and more...my suspicion is that in 10 years, those same governments will allow you to get some kind of "smoking license" to operate a business that caters to smokers. They will charge exorbitant yearly fees.

The governmental disingeniousness on this issue is astonishing. I will defend smokers as long as it is a legal substance. Funny part is—I hate it and think it will kill you. I don't like to be around it. I think it is icky. But I also believe that you are an adult who is entitled to make whatever choices you want in life because you understand the consequences. But it's not going to be illegal as long as the government has the biggest stake in its perpetuation.

[kidd]

Anyone want to make a bet on how long before cigerettes and other tobacco products are illegal?

Never.

It is a tremendous source of taxes revenue. Users get addicted, then pay a ton of taxes to maintain the habit. Its more likely that meth will become legal before tobbaco is made illegal.