I don't like your tone. Smokers are NOT junkies. Cigarettes are LEGAL! Drugs are NOT!
And don't worry, smokers are finding a way around those big cigarette taxes, so the state government's are only hurting themselves. And don't close your wallet just yet. When the state isn't collecting cigarette tax dollar's anymore, you are going to have to dig deep to make up for the loss. heh!
I didn't realise that a drug had to be illegal for you to be addicted to it! Smokers are physically addicted to smoking - they are junkies just like people who are addicted to legal drugs like prozac. Because smokers are addicts, the govt. can abuse you financially, relying on your addiction to keep you buying your nicotine fix whatever the price, just as pushers know doubling the price of a rock won't reduce their sales.
I persoanlly don't mind people smoking at all, but you do have to realise that as an addict, you are far more open being abused than a non-addict. A non-addict would simply give up when the price went up, but a nicotine junkie can't do that very easily.
I agree with you 100%. Smokers are no worse than people addicted to Coca Cola or coffee. Maybe the states will tax coca-cola next.
I never smoked in my life, but this crap they shoot about smokers costing states money for cancer treatment is a boatload. It is probably cheaper to treat cancer than keep nursing homes open for those who dont get lung cancer.