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You leave or you put it out Wow!! Maybe you ought to think about leaving the smoking area. I would never expose a child to smoke but if you bring your kid in a smoking area, then tell a smoker to put his cigarette out, it could be hazardous to YOUR health. If you are talking about the great outdoors, then move a few feet away. BTW, we pay taxes up the wazoo everytime we buy a pack. If the government doesn't put those taxes towards healthcare, that's their (our) problem. Take it up with them. Up until the seventies, stars would smoke in movies and on stage. Dean Martin comes to mind. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Lana Turner, Kim Novak....it was in then. Good for you for not having any vices.

If the government doesn't put those taxes towards healthcare, that's their (our) problem. Take it up with them.

Exactly! The Tobacco Settlement Money pays billions into the state every year. To which WE SMOKERS PAY 100% OF. That money was supposed to be used for education and health care.

However, the states are using it to "balance their budgets!" I am sure you all have seen this in the news. The lawmakers are using this money for pet programs totally unrelated to the smoking issue. Maine is even using this money to sponsor "5" race teams at race tracks across the state. While the poor people on welfare go without prescriptions.

I wish the non-smokers and the general public would wake up to this. The state should be paying US for all of our support.