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> How about the gov't. subsidies?  Why not refuse to subsidize tobacco
> that is grown for the purpose of human consumption?  (I understand
> tobacco has other uses.)
> I can't fathom how a gov't. that whines about the medical expenditures
> caused by tobacco use will still subsidize it.  The politicians are
> sometimes worse the "big tobacco".

I don't know about your country, but in the UK the Government gets shedloads
of money from the taxation of Tobacco products (and alcohol).
I find anything that's gonna cost polititicians money is a fairly strong
dis-incentive
to them.

> > Control. Perhaps that is a better word than "illegal."
> Tobacco should be a
> > controlled substance like heroine and cocaine.

This would probably be the case if it were 'discovered' today, however if
goverments
were to try to control/ban tobacco now, I would expect the results would be
similar
to your government's prohibition experiment.

I think now, like it or not, it's here to stay and the only way people will
stop using it
is if they want to not if they're told to.

r
Paul

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