What’s the difference between taxing cigarettes and taxing tea? The dead guy was doing the right thing.
The British arbitrarily set taxes on the colonists.
We have a representative government today. There is a difference.
No, the dead guy was not doing the right thing.
We have representatives at the local, state, and federal level. If we don’t like things, we can contact our representatives and seek redress. We can try to get members of our community on our side. We can even protest. What you can’t do, is break the law anyway.
When legal bodies of our government set laws, we are required to abide by them. Whether merely for taxation purposes, or to prevent black markets, or to prevent underage kids from getting cigarettes, it is legitimate to come up with rules and regulations (laws).
For the record, I disagree with the levels of taxation on cigarettes. I disagree with restrictions on smoking outdoors in many instances.
I don’t smoke, but as I was telling others, I side with smokers on a number of issues.