[Steve_Seattle]

"Non smokers should be against this attack on tobacco."

The majority will be for it, because it is one more chance for them to take money out of other people's pockets, and feel self-righteous while doing it. That's a hard combination to beat. The whole thing is very muddled from a moral perspective; it is kind of like selling Playboy magazine to subsidize a sexual abstinence program.

[SheLion]

The majority will be for it, because it is one more chance for them to take money out of other people's pockets, and feel self-righteous while doing it. That's a hard combination to beat. The whole thing is very muddled from a moral perspective; it is kind of like selling Playboy magazine to subsidize a sexual abstinence program.

When you figure that 1 out of 4 smoke, or 25-30% of the state smokes, then you can bet that with that kind of odds, the smokers are outnumbered every time.

[kcpopps]

The majority will be for it, because it is one more chance for them to take money out of other people's pockets, and feel self-righteous while doing it. That's a hard combination to beat....kind of like selling Playboy magazine to subsidize a sexual abstinence program.

You're right - and there's no shortage of cheerleaders to convince them it's good to punish the evil smokers - for their own good.

The Playboy analogy is a good one too. I contend that the gov't is the biggest shareholder in the tobacco industry and that they have zero interest in reducing smoking. They do not want to cut their profits.