the thing about gas is that there is no racial stigma or some group of do-gooders tellin me they are out lawing gas because it is a danger to my health and those around me. but since it is also an "evil" weed that must be eradicated from the country so that our children will not be raped.

the fact is that like i said not everyone in this country smokes or relies on tobacco to get back and forth to work, sdchool, vacation, etc. or to make the products such as PVC and plastics from.

we havnt outlawed gas from public places but there are very few places that will let you have a smoke.

like i said yes i do smoke but i also respect any non-smokers rights. im not going to smoke in your house or car or in a resturant. i do beleive there are certain places that you shouldnt be aloud to smoke. but the propaganda has turned public oppinion against tobacco and the tobacco industry to the point that noone has the balls to complain when the shit finaly starts to roll. like i said earlier the taxes were levied to the point that the farmer quit growwing now there is no farmers no ones livly hood is going to be ruined by the outlawing of a plant, when noones livly hood is ruined then nobody bitches a bout it and we all think its for the good of the country.

no matter how big a tax is if the industry is profitable, and as we all seen the past couple years the oil industry is making lots and lots of money. so of course they will not be outlawing gas anytime soon. so to destroy an industry you have to make it first unprofitable and the way the gov't will and has done so in the past is by taxing said industry.

but to me this whole tobacco thing stinks of henry anslinger and the do gooders that gave us prohibition.

just my opinion