Honey, I have been the President of Forces Maine for several years now. I have been fighting the war on the smokers for OVER 10 years. You think I just type to see myself type and not know what I am talking about? You have NO idea the research I have done along with so many others about this issue.
I will lay out some of my links for you.
SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECONOMY
Smoking Bans Choking The Economy
Health & Science: Surgeon general warns obesity may overtake tobacco as leading preventable killer
California Smokers Use Prohibition Tactics to Get Around Ban
Smoke and Mirrors: Cigarette Taxes Vanish on the Web
Smoking Ban Puts Restaurant Profits Up In Smoke
Delaware House snuffs out smoking
The American Medical Association will KILL You!
This is just the tip of the iceberg. And I don't expect you to check out any of the links I have put on the Web. You have your own mind made up and there is nothing that will change that. I just wish you weren't so hateful toward decent people who choose to smoke a legal commodity.
You are all about Hate Speech towards smokers, and for that, I can never forgive you.
This is what I most dislike about the nico-controlled. The hyperbole surrounding their weak arguments. Hate speech indeed! "Who is calling whom Nazis?" You trivialize the sufferings of the Anne Frank's of the world with your "watch us blow smoke" antics. Why not just call the ban on smoking in my face "the holocaust"?
BTW, even Anne had the graciousness to forgive her tormentors. You vacillate from "Why do you people care?" to "Oh the oppression of your opinions!" for which I can forgive you, addicted one, in a heartbeat.