[70times7]

Oh, those poor oppressed poor! They even have more trouble quitting smoking! How awful.

(Pssst - don't tell anyone, but the bad choices and lack of self discipline that made them poor may also be why they smoke, rather than the "accident" of being poor being a causal factor)

[af_vet_rr]

(Pssst - don't tell anyone, but the bad choices and lack of self discipline that made them poor may also be why they smoke, rather than the "accident" of being poor being a causal factor)

Not just a lack of self discipline but a lack of economic discipline. If you are poor and spending money on cigarettes, you're not really concerned without changing your situation. Money spent on cigs could be better spent elsewhere.

[Hot Tabasco]

Oh, those poor oppressed poor! They even have more trouble quitting smoking!

The major cost of cigarettes are taxes........I thought that YOU, as a so called CONSERVATIVE, had a problem with taxation?

Or is this simply one of those "pick and choose what I wish to support" types of issues?

I'm sure you have a problem with gasoline taxes don't you?