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Originally Posted by bkkcoh
Do you really think the government is going try prohibition on tobacco? There is too much money in it for federal and local governments to do that. Besides, we all know or can read how effective prohibition of alcohol went.
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Well, once the government is forcing us all to use cheese-based health care, smoking will be costing them a hell of a lot of money. That's money that takes away from their pet projects and pork barrel spending. They will care.
They could ban it, like they do with other dangerous products. Or they could raise taxes to keep paying for the spiraling costs.
You're right that the same forces who would yoke us with communist health care never saw a tax they didn't like. I was just pointing out that banning it outright as a dangerous chemical makes more sense than the government putting its mitts on private enterprise.