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Originally Posted by gdfather02
Like the arguements over cigarettes, its all a smokescreen. The feds want to hoop and holler about looking out for our health, yet they refuse to just totally destroy tobacco and all associated with it. Ever wonder why??
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Like everything else...money. Taxes from the sale. Not to mention the employment provided. Its the only business in town in some areas.
There was an interesting piece in the NYTimes the other day about Phillip Morris leaving NY and the resultant loss (a couple hundred mil a year) in charitable contributions to NY art and culture programs.