Hate to break it to you, but, EVERYONE will eventually have to buy these things.
The article was about how smoker's are giving the finger to taxes. Last time I checked, conservatives were supposed to be against unnecessary taxes.
There is a BIG story behind cigarette taxes, and the control,bans and restrictions placed upon the smokers in each state. It's all about Big Funding coming into the state for all of the above. So, when a state is in the red with their budget, even the Conservative Lawmaker finds himself behind the 8 ball and falls into "the pocket" of the funder of the Big Grants!