Is that you Jim?
Yep. Drug warriors come to mind. Smoke taxes are tyranny of the majority. Since smokers are now a minority, not by skin color, it is OK for the majority to vote to tax the crap out of them.
Now, the government makes more "profit" off smokes than tobacco companies, and these "conservatives" cheer when the government sues them for the health costs associated with their profits.
Beam me up!