[Just another Joe]

They are easy marks and just bend over and take it

Some do and some don't.
Just like the average nonsmoker.
I would bet even money that the a lot of the smokers that haunt the halls of FR have written to people that are NOT their representatives about more taxes on tobacco or smoking bans,

[Max McGarrity]

You're right about that, Joe, but unfortunately it's also true that fewer smokers vote than the general population. We could be a powerful voting bloc if we'd just get off our duffs and do it. I'll admit I don't know what it's going to take, tho.