Date:         Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:15:20 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: PRICE OF Cigaretttes
Comments: To: Mike Miller <mwm@LANSET.COM>
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Ron Said >>Smoking has dropped 26%<<

Yeh, Mike. But one step at a time.

First tobacco, then "weed" then, then the big "C"...and the big 'H', among
others.

Feds haven't seemed to learn......prohibition  didn't work and it resulted in
one of the most violent periods in our history. Beyond tobacco, which is a
killer in its own right .....the effects begin to hit you in your
"50's.....anything else should be legalized, federalized, and taxed to death,
and the tax money put back into cutting off the head of the snake, and
treatment for the victims. What is going on now sure doesn't work.

John Rodgers
"88GL Driver

Mike Miller wrote:

> No it's not...Oh, you meant tobacco.
>
> Mike
> Berkeley in the '60s, I think?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Lussier <coyote@MACROMEDIA.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 9:34 PM
> Subject: Re: PRICE OF Cigaretttes
>
> > > Not true... Very high taxes on butts in both Mass. and California have
> > > decreased the smoking percentages by quite a  bit in those
> > > states. That and
> > > the segragating of smokers in bars and restaurants (MA) and
> > > elimination of
> > > smokers in both in CA... it is actually quite nice wandering around in
> > > public these days and quite noticable when you do run across (over?) a
> > > smoker. Kind of like following a 65 ChevyII with no pollution
> > > controls.... You smell it.
> >
> > Smoking in California has dropped 26% since the last cigarette tax was
> > passed 2 years ago.
> >
> > Coyote
> >
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