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You give broke states money and expect them to spend it on anti-smoking stuff, yeah, right!! How stupid are you!! Leave the smokers alone, they've been punished enough already, go after the fatties.
All u smokers are in for a surprise. Those of us who don't are going to put you, the 23% who still smoke,in those glass rooms they have in vegas and make you stay and allow us who want untainted air to breath again. So there!
Smokers "been punished enough already"? No it's the smokers and the tobacco companies who are punishing society.
only thing left in california is a bag over a smokers head !
no smoking in bars & restaurants
no smoking at beach
no smoking outside business or on sidewalks
Anyone who can't find a place to breathe "clean air" these days isn't even trying.
Bravo to the 42 states which received an "F". And a genuine thanks to every smoker and every other tobacco buyer for keeping the taxes down for others to the tune of $25,000,000,000!
In the name of all the children who receive SCHIPS health insurance, thanks to smokers who single-handedly fund the Children's Health Insurance Program in every state in the country.
No, Zack, we aren't punishing anyone. I'm okay with not smoking in restaurants; I don't go to bars so I don't care about those; even the inability to smoke in public places is alright with me. However, although we are being pushed farther away from society, the taxes we pay to engage in a legal pastime continue to increase. And in the meantime, although it costs more to treat obesity and its associated diseases, even a whisper about raising taxes on junk food causes a huge backlash. It's not that we want special treatment--we just want others to be treated as we are. Taxes on alcohol, a major contributor to auto crashes and health problems, should be raised; taxes on fatty, sugary, unhealthy food should be raised. It's time to begin being fair.
Cigarette taxes were intended to be used for helping sick smokers and to fund educational programs for anti smoking but in reality that money is used for everything else.The cigarette taxes,all of them,should be removed from tobacco products.We the people,have been educated on tobacco use's evils and would like to be able to make our own personal choices as we are supposed to be able to do since this is the United States of America.
I would like to be able to breath the clean air that mother nature promised me
goodforgoodnessake,So breathe away.I live in California and they use the tax to fund road paving.You can breathe the air just fine here unless you go to a smokers home or car.This tax is like paying into Social Security but the government uses it for something else.Oh that's right.It is being used to fund Obamacare.do you still like that governments tax certain things to be used in a certain way and then spend it how they please?
Smoking should be illegal. It makes about as much sense as sniffing glue.
While I agree people who start smoking have got to be among the stupidest people on earth, their excise taxes should be spent on them, not put in a general fund for the rest of us. Using that money to educate teenagers on the lifelong degradation smoking will cause them, the expense, and the social difficulties, should be the primary use of that money. It's a user tax, so spend it on the users.
its been mathematically proven people live longer and cost more in health care than smokers. Nonsmokers cost more per capita..(do the lookup yourselfs ignorants) so how does the CDC plan on paying for longer life?
My aunt and mother both smoked.My aunts 92 and my mothers pushing 88.What kills people younger than people who smoke is diabetes which is a real problem in the U.S. due to obesity.
Damn, who would have thought the States would putthe money in the general fund. The Govt uses tax money so wisely this is such a surprise.
What a joke! Now, instead of tobacco, States are allowing Marijuana to be smoked! But that's OK I guess since it at least makes you stupid (easier for Govt. control) and doesn't cause health problems (yeah, right).