[Freedom4US]

I listened to a short program on the BBC last night, lamenting that US states were allocating tobacco "settlement" money (that left over after the lawyers get done vacuuming) towards expenditures other than tobacco cessation programs.

It was pretty funny in a perverse sort of way. They seemed to think this was unprecedented or somesuch. Many states are using the money towards budget deficits and tax cuts. The smoking nazis (that's what the are) have opened a can of worms here for sure. I expect to see tobacco largely criminalized in my lifetime and the modus operendi utilized for anything and everything deemed 'bad' by the intelligentsia. Way to go, guys.

[Just another Joe]

I expect to see tobacco largely criminalized in my lifetime and the modus operendi utilized for anything and everything deemed 'bad' by the intelligentsia.

I'm not sure that tobacco will be criminilized but the modus operendi is ALREADY being used.