Originally posted by Stan
I can see the "user pays" angle. My only problem would be who decides who the users are. Sure cigarettes and alcohol cost society alot in medical costs, lost productivity, etc. etc. So does obeisity, laziness, stupidity, junk food, Ford explorers, etc.etc. Why aren't these taxed? Hmmm.
I have heard (and I don't have references for this, so make what you will of it) that passive smoking kills 10 times the number of people that smoking itself does. That is why smoking is taxed the way it is. And long may it continue.