[Just another Joe]

And once again, it's not about health, helping people stop smoking, or anything else but MONEY.

[Just another Joe]

PUFF!

[Great Dane]

Awwww, isn't that a shame, the money as I understood it, was to pay for treatment of smoking related diseases, which is one thing it never did.

There is of course another way to keep the campaign going, all the Glantz's out there, could work on a volunteer basis, talk the media into airing their stuff free of charge...... ooops, I forgot, they are all in it for the money.

[Flyer]

That's led some states to tap funds awarded them under the tobacco industry settlements, despite pledges that the money would be dedicated to antismoking campaigns.

Many states – including Arizona – have proposed further raising tobacco taxes, with the proceeds earmarked for prevention efforts

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice. . .

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[Focault's Pendulum]

And once again, it's not about health, helping people stop smoking, or anything else but MONEY.

Joe....I'm forty seven. Smoke two packs a day sans the taxes....drink a bit or more of scotch...eat red meat....love french fries and baked potatoes, with butter and sour cream.

I also have section hiked the Appalachain, Jockey Hollow, and Deer Path trails....and can still outpace a twenty something, health ridden vegeterian on the trail with fifty pounds on my back....usually patiently waiting for them to catch up while I relax with a butt in my mouth.It drives them up the wall.
I also religously bicycle 40+ miles a week (not a typo)

I for one don't need the government taking my money to teach me how to care for myself....nor do I appreciate that same money being spent on the assumption that the lowest common denominator of our citizenry needs a nanny.

Somebody build me a new soapbox....because the one I'm on is about to fracture from me jumping up and down screaming:

The Government Doesn't know Best...
The Government has never known Best....
and...
The Government Will never know Best....
what is Best for me!!!!>

[Bob J]

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[altair]

Either way, the controversial budget measures may muffle antitobacco programs,

It's a start.

[borisbob69]

I remember when the punitive tobacco tax was implemented here in AZ several years back. The stated purpose of these taxes was to a. Reimburse the health care costs of tobacco related illnesses and b. Fund anti-smoking ads for young people.

The problem(s) began after the first year when revenues from tobacco taxes exceeded forecasts by so many millions of dollars that lawmakers saw a chance to fund their pet projects with the windfall excesses.

The only thing wrong with that course of action is it violates the law enacted to impose the tax in the first place. I have always felt AZ smokers should initiate a class-action lawsuit against the state for confiscating money by virtue of legislation and then not safeguarding it for it's intended purpose, or reducing the tax/reimbursing smokers when revenues exceed healthcare/anti-smoking education costs!