Should we ban smoking in restaurants and bars. Seems about 2 out of 3 who took today's vote says yes. Tennessee is looking into it http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007701260417
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quote:Originally posted by Alphonse:
Let your money cast your vote.
I have no facts whatsoever to back this up, but I believe the states have found a cash cow with the tobacco industry and they are milking it for all it is worth. No one has banned the sale of tobacco because the tobacco industry is paying the states a lot of money. The government only cares about your health when they find a way to make money with it.
quote:Originally posted by Sassy Kims:
The federal government gets 39 cents per pack...Alabama gets 42 cents per pack. Alabama cities get between 2 and 20 cents per pack. That's almost a dollar a pack for taxes...they ain't gonna slaughter that cash cow anytime soon.
quote:What Alphonse says here holds a lot of merit... I could care less, one way or another, but the $$$$ will end up ruling any legislation on the subject.
I actually saw several of our power hitter politicians from "other" states who said the lost revenue was much higher than they thought it would be when they put the NO SMOKING in any building into place.
And I think that the rest of the states will do a study on the states who enacted these laws and back out slowly on the matter.