Female Lion (can I just call you Nala from now on?):
You're right. There are no good guys here.
The tobacco companies don't care about anything other than profits.
The Anti-tobacco Nazi's don't care about anything other than their MSA payments and tobacco excise taxes which pay for the lease on their Lexus ES 330.
Politicians don't care about anything other than campaign contributions from RWJF and votes.
Non-smokers don't care about anything other than not having to deal with the stinky smell.
Smokers don't care about anything other than being left alone.
I think you are starting to get it SL. Let's ban tobacco. Let the Anti Nazi's go out and get a real job.
We can roll our own or buy better tobacco from the folks who discovered the crop to begin with:
THE NATIVE AMERICANS.
If the Southern Republicans who devoutly believe in God are right, than the states like CA, NY, NJ and MA will get poorer while the Native Americans who White Men like Elliot Spitzer have pissed on for 400 years will GET RICH.
I've known this for a long time. The lawmakers talk out of both sides of their mouths.
They scream they want a smoke free state, but then they raise cigarette taxes on their smoking constituents because they can't balance a state budget without doing so.
So, if they had a smoke free state, just where would they get their tax dollars then? I'm curious..........