re: #349 esch

Sad to say it will be an effective deterrent for many. The wrong way to go about it, of course. If someone chooses to smoke, that’s their right and I respect it.

That’s the thing about these taxes that always bothered me: If tobacco is so bad, if it wreaks so much damage, why, oh why, is the State so dependent on revenue from its taxation? If it’s evil, ban it already, or just shut your collective mouths and keep collecting the taxes, but keep in mind that you will, at some point, have to come to terms with the fact that the Government makes more money from tobacco taxes (and settlements) than the tobacco companies do from sales of their products.