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BAR[_2_]

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On 9/13/11 8:03 AM, BAR wrote:
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5. I'd like to see the growing, manufacturing and sale of tobacco
products made illegal in this country and made illegal for U.S.
companies selling tobacco products abroad. Absent that, I'd like to see
another $5 a pack tax imposed against cigarettes and a suitable increase
in the tax assessed against cigars, "dip," and similar tobacco products.

Have a nice, smoke-free day!

You are just like the people at my church who don't like gambling. They
went to the parish pastor and told him that Bingo was gambling and that
it was a sin and that they wanted the Friday night Bingo stopped. The
pastor, a wise Catholic priest, said to them that he would be happy to
shut down Bingo every Friday night if they would write a $10,000 check
to the church each month. Bingo is still played every Friday night.

Alcohol is just as bad as tobacco why not make both illegal? Then you
and your buddies who think the same way can then write big fat checks to
the local, state and federal governments to cover the lost tax revenue.

There are worlds of difference between gambling and smoking and even
drinking. You can gamble in moderation, you can drink in moderation, and
if you are careful, you aren't going to kill yourself or others. Smoking
in moderation will still lead to cancer.

Many of my relatives had their lives cut short. They died at an early
age, usually in their mid to late 80's instead of into their 90's. Most
of them smoked for 50 or 60 years and they drank to excess too.

Birth leads to death. The only question is when will death come and how
will it come.

Your moderate gambling and your moderate drinking (that means, of
course, no drinking and driving) aren't going to have any impact on me.
Your smoking does...it offends my senses and if I am exposed to enough
second-hand smoke, it also presents a health hazard and, of course, once
you contract one of the smoking-related cancers, it's going to increase
my medical insurance costs.

If you do not want to be offended by others you have the choice to stay
on your property for your entire life.

Because of my union business, I have to go to Las Vegas frequently. I
don't gamble, but I'm not offended by the acres of slot machines and
card games in every casino. I walk right by them without giving up a
quarter. Well, that's not entirely true. I might drop a single quarter
in a slot machine, usually at the bloody awful Las Vegas airport.

I really don't care about what you like to do and what you don't like to
do.

I am pleased that smoking in restaurants in Maryland has been banned.
It's pleasant to enjoy a meal without having to inhale the stench of
cigarettes or cigars.

You still miss the point.