[JamesP81]

The government does not care about whether you smoke or not. This is a ploy to get their hands on more money by demonizing a group that most people don’t like. I don’t smoke myself, but I refuse to play into their scheme to get even more money when they already can’t manage what they’re taking now.

[Old Professer]

They’re counting on the majority to hate smokers worse than they hate taxes.

[dblshot]

to paraphrase freud:

Sometimes a theft is just a theft.

[MEGoody]

This is a ploy to get their hands on more money by demonizing a group that most people don’t like.

Bingo! And when people either quit smoking or find a way around the taxes, and revenues drop, then the government will find something else to tax.