Posted on 09/02/2002 4:03:14 AM PDT by SheLion
CALIFORNIA SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY - 2001
MICHIGAN SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY - 2001
ILLINOIS SMOKERS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECONOMY - 2001
MASSACHUSETTS SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECONOMY-2001
DELAWARE SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECOMOMY -2001
NEW YORK CITY SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECOMOMY -2001
Golly Gee........I DO live in New England, however I live in MAINE! Sorry!
Libertarian leanings
I thought the Libertarians for FOR smoker's rights!
However, if all the smokers quit, then guess what? The state you live in would be coming after something YOU have to make up for the lost taxes on cigarettes. What do you say about THAT?
I can introduce you to a dozen or more smokers who would enjoy the right to one untroubled breath, but it's denied to them. And please don't try to tell me smoking doesn't cause cancer, emphysema and other COPD's. Even the tobacco companies know that.
We smokers DO live to enjoy life! Coffee and cigarettes ENHANCE my quality of life, as do most smokers. Why else would we be scurrying to buy off the internet, the Reservations and rolling our own to avoid the out-of-site taxes? And why do you think it's any of your business?
My Grandmother smoked three packs of unfiltered Camels a day and lived to be 86! She died from old age! Why do you think that by just being a smoker a person is going to die a short and horrible death? Are you under the concept that if people didn't smoke, they would live forever? I am sorry, but Life Is TERMINAL.
Spend as much time as I have in oncology clinics and you may have a different perspective.
Hey! I have! TWICE! Twice I had cancer and went through chemo therapy. TWICE I had two major surgeries! I had two teams of Doctors BOTH times, and they ask me how much I smoked. Both teams told me that my cancer was NOT caused by smoking. How about THAT?
A lot of people are pre-disposed for the cancer gene. And a lot of people are not. Smoke or not, cancer will get you if it's in your body.
I have been smoking for over 35 years. I go to my Doctor once a year for a check-up and my lungs are clear as a bell. How do you explain that. I am sorry you have had friends or family that have suffered and/or died from cancer from smoking. But that is not the case with ALL of us.
They really do! They have NO concept about how much we smokers are paying into the state government just so they can have their rights and continue living the GOOD life.
I am totally fed up!
We never disputed that smoking will cause cancer in some people, do tell where does all the other cancers come from, if you were to go on any cancer related site, you will find list and list of other cancer causing products...... food, water and the air we breathe even outside tops the list, smoking is a very small component of all our ills.
SOMETHING is in the wind! They are the most disgusting creatures on God's green earth! Most be people without ANY believe in God or a Supreme Being. I think Satan has a bunch of deciples and they are ALL headed to FR!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!! It takes time though, so bare with me. I am STILL waiting for my state of MAINE! I am on pins and needles waiting for Maine and also Virginia.
But bare with me. I will post all as quick as I can!!!
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