Comments on: What do you think of policy makers wanting to tax smokeless cigarettes just like regular cigs?

By: Tina Marie in North Mexico

Tina Marie in North Mexico — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:35:12 +0000

I am a smoker and it’s outrageous. I already pay more taxes than I have money. All the Welfare programs need to be looked at, none of them pay taxes on what they are given free.

By: Teeny

Teeny — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:04:22 +0000

HAHA YESS! Were you aware that the government has to pay for the projects it takes on, like, i don’t know, the iraq war? rebuilding infrastructure? providing money to public schools? it get money from cigarette taxes. Although it sounds like you’ve already made up your mind, from a 17-year-old asthmatic non-smoker’s perspective, tax all goddamn cigarettes. Would you prefer it if the government got rid of the pure food and drug act, and just let us eat meat filled with rat meat and pesticides? or contaminated food was allowed on the market? i think not.

By: Misty M

Misty M — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:07:32 +0000

I’m not a smoker but I do not agree with the government singling out people and deciding that they have to pay to support the health care for the masses. If you ask me it borderlines on unconstitutional. I guess Washington has forgotten what the Boston Tea Party was all about.