Anguille
Bane of the Urbane
- Mar 8, 2008
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No one is arguing for non-smokers to smoke. Indeed I think you'd find that most smokers would like to quit. But it's legal, expensive and pays for many of the comforts that non-smokers don't pay for, through excise taxes.
The gains through taxes are far outweighed by the costs society must bear from the effects of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.