I understand your 'hatred' of smoking, but I find it appalling that they tax cigarettes as they do, yet barely touch liquor and leave porn totally unscathed. Perhaps those two 'sins' are the politicians favorites.
Yes and that is probably 75 percent of the problem with her circulation. She started smoking at 13 though and smoking is also hard on circulation.
I understand your 'hatred' of smoking, but I find it appalling that they tax cigarettes as they do, yet barely touch liquor and leave porn totally unscathed. Perhaps those two 'sins' are the politicians favorites.
I think you might be right. I'm not a teatotalitarian Baptist type and this sin tax is obviously one small step short of prohibition. I wonder if there is a beer lobby and a porn lobby that is much stronger than the tobacco lobby. Drinking in moderation is actually not bad for your body and may even have a lot of benefits.
Porn is a whole different story. It is obviously prostitution which is also only illegal in the books but not in practice.