"You smoke out of anxiety because you don't have the food you need," said Harvey, 54, who lives alone in Crum Lynne, Pa.I know a panhandler who states that one has to be "stupid" to "starve" in this town, and I don't ever buy into any sob stories of this kind anywhere in this country. Fill out a form, qualify, boom, EBT card for food -- and it isn't hard to qualify, and food assistance is exempt from sanction (sanctions on grants happen when a client failed to report some change, like, oh, the kid no longer lives in the house). In this case, I don't buy it, not least because of the price of cigarettes and the speed with which they burn. This story is probably just part of the partisan media's meme-building program for the ag bill.
Story is ridiculous....there are many places one can get food...we all know this. So it’s not a choice between food and cigs.