You might wish to ponder upon your own tag line a bit when you come onto these threads and make nasty comments. You have forgotten that it is people like you who support the taking from the wallets of those who enjoy things you find disagreeable.
I will not comment upon tobacco tax increases per se, as I’m not sure if you are one of those who support increasing them to fund anything and everything else so your taxes won’t go up, but I can comment upon your propensity for seeking to take from others’ wallets when it comes to your support of smoking bans, including on private property.
Your avowed support of smoking bans in private venues, regardless of where, indicates to me you have no problem with taking another person’s income away from them for no reason but your own convenience. I am sorry to inform you, but the owner of the establishment, while appreciating your commerce, generally had another reason in mind than your convenience for opening said establishment. While your convenience may have entered into the equation for a particular type establish, it was definitely not the sole reason as you would not be the sole customer.
As to public property, especially outside venues -— you have forgotten the simple premise that the person you are forbidding to engage in a harmless activity is also a taxpayer and has paid just as much, and sometimes even more, than you have to utilize that public property.
Again, I suggest you think long and hard about your tag line, and your stance about abusing the money of others.
Oh please...I won’t be lectured by an addict that put her own baby at risk during pregnancy. Tell us again they was no risk and how it made you feel relaxed.