[bimbo]

Bimbo, are you sure you have the right thread?

Sorry if I offended you or anyone else by injecting Democrats and Republicans into this "smokers victory." But I still maintain that if smokers want real, nationwide, significant victories, I'm afraid they'll have to organize into a voting block - be someone's special interest group! Individual's rights (smokers or not) get short shrift these days, while "group rights" are catered to.

[SheLion]

We ARE fighting. But without funding, it's really hard. The anti-smokers have big funding to further their cause. They are the health coalitions in each state, who are funded by the Tobacco Settlement money, to which the smokers in each state pay 100% with the taxes they pay on cigarettes. Not Big Tobacco and Not the government. But the SMOKERS.

Our side works as hard as we can, although we receive no funding. We are all private citizens and volunteers. But we are picking up speed all across the United States and overseas. Check out:

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