[Gabz]

"He is interested in anything to keep Mainers healthy, but he's also pledged not to raise taxes," said Kippax.

What hogwash.................everyone knows that politicians do not consider tobacco taxes to be taxes.

tobacco taxes are raised to balance budgets but when states have surpluses the money is never returned to smokers in the form of cutting tobacco taxes......no, all other taxes are cut, even though only 1/4 of the population contributed to the surplus permitting tax cuts.

[ran15]

What would impress me is if one of these anti-tobacco, closet communists..

Came out and said there should be a 1.25$ raise in tobacco prices per pack. And all of the money from that should go to private charities. Even private charities choesn by the smokers themselves.

Not into their big government sociological experiments as now.

[cajun-jack]

SheLion posted a very interesting story here on 1-22-2003 re ND lesgislator.

I don't know how to post a link, but it uses many of the same keywords and this thread has.

Check it out when you have time. It lets you see just how the anti smoking folks don't really want you to quit, because they would then have to get a real job.