They are incredibly intolerant of smokers and tobacco users.Nearly all the liberals I know (and I know a LOT of them) are avid smokers; they are even sometimes heard to bitch about the continual Granholm excise tax boosts on tobacco products, because, like liberals everywhere, they're pathologically self-centered. Even they realize how stupid they sound complaining about tobacco company profits, so they usually don't, and that's a break for me.
In terms of tobacco company profits, the Left must maintain that message as a backdrop to their trial lawyers' litigation. The more the public hears about the "excessive profits" of the companies, the more jurors' awards in tobacco liability cases against the companies are going to be, and the more the plaintiffs' bar will line their already deep pockets.