[JamesP81]

I'd rather people find a better way to live.

I don't think anyone disagrees with you on that. But let's face it: the government doesn't give a rat's posterior about whether or not you smoke. This is all a cheap ploy to get their hands into other people's money. I will not ever, under any circumstances, no matter how it's presented, support higher taxes when our government already spends money like a drunken sailor.

People smoking in bars is not going to spell the doom of American civilization. The out of control increase in the size of the government will, if not checked. It's time for us to determine what our priorities are.

[3dognight]

I agree with you totally. I just won't go out of my way to laud smokers as the Minutemen of our day fighting for our liberties. Most of them in the end are probably crying for government (me) to pay for their oxygen tanks to be delivered to their house and hospice care.