Originally Posted By: Chant
A 61 cent tax on cigarettes? It certainly does sound like a good idea to me. If for nothing else to add an incentive for people to stop smoking.


So....let's say that plan actually works and it gets people to stop smoking.

If that happens, the program funded by smoking has lost it's funding, hasn't it?

It's very foolish, or disingenuous, to fund a program with an activity you are trying to eliminate or curtail.