2008-03-13T00:15:57Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/comments/43700 2008-03-13T00:15:57Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-13:/comment/2932 adelie This is exactly the kind of legislation that makes democracy look bad, 2 wolves and a sheep analogy. Tobacco is harmful, and we know it. It has been attempted to tax tobacco out of existence, but has failed. If you don't believe so, keep in mind that a pack of cigarettes only costs a few cents to make and in places without tobacco tax, such as reservations, packs are frequently 25-50 cents each. 'Rollies' are a bit of the 'loop-hole' in that it is only taxed as tobacco and not cigarettes. No offense intended, but only the poorest people, in general, smoke 'rollies'. Tobacco taxes move easily because the number of non-smokers outnumber smokers, so they are an easy target. Most people prefer cigarettes, and we already got an insane tax that people are willing to tolerate without restricting the freedom for poor to smoke. An unnecessarily harsher enforcement won't make more people quit, but imho between all the different things they want to add, this will push things to a prohibition level that will create a strong ground for black market tobacco, which is what they are trying to get rid of in the first place. We know smoking is bad, kinds know it is bad, it is heavily regulated, and taxed like CRAZY. We're done, everything is fine, go home. Its already been dealt with. Vote NO!