Comments on: I don’t smoke…but I use to.

By: Steve Morin

Steve Morin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:52:57 +0000

Didn’t you know the slogan changed to “Live Free or Die Smoking outside punk”

By: Charlie Dent

Charlie Dent — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:51:12 +0000

Al, it’s a public health/public safety issue. You don’t have the right to drive while intoxicated because that activity endangers other people’s lives. You shouldn’t have the right to smoke in a public place because you are endangering the health of other people, not just your own. In a perfect world, smokers would understand this on their own and refrain from smoking in public buildings out of courtesy. But it’s not a perfect world, so I think the law makes sense. And as you know, I’m still a smoker. A liberal smoker, yes, but still a smoker.

By: Arun

Arun — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:19:43 +0000

Came to chec k out your agency and stumbled upon this. I believe you have this backwards sir.

The fact is, the reason taxes are so high on cigarettes is to cover the costs of the multi-billion dolaar lawsuits that the tobacco companies faced. If they didn’t get the additional tax, you’re looking at Kraft Foods, one of the 10 largest companies in the US, going bankrupt. That, my friend, would cause a recession.

Those are the facts. I studied this during my MBA. But I should have known that anyone that begins a post with, “do-gooder liberals”, probably doesn’t have too many facts straight.

Good luck.

By: Al

Al — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:48:39 +0000

Thanks for the post and since I wrote it I will make one quick point of counterpoint. The taxes on cigarettes don’t go to Kraft Foods they go to the State and Federal Government. You might have had a better argument to tell me the taxes fund health care cost for those who smoke. My argument was still more about it is a legal product, correct?

But no matter thanks for being engaged if more of us were this country would be a better place no matter what side you’re on.