[StockAyatollah]

I love all the tax rebelliousness on this thread. This anti-smoking crusade the feds and states have gone on is a microcosm of the larger mess: out-of-control government attacking individual liberty and a majority population trying to transfer wealth from a minority. As the econmy continues to collapse, I expect alcohol and tobacco taxes to continue increasing. Ultimately I think this is a good thing. We might finally get a long overdue revolution.

[Doctor Stochastic]

It's amusing to see the smokers turning to bootleg tobacco. Sort of like how the druggies use bootleg drugs and the drunks ^H^H^H^H^H^H ordinary people used bootleg alcohol during prohibition.

The War On Tobacco will be as interesting as the War On Drugs.