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In-Reply-To: Daniel R. Guilderson's message of Oct 30 11:01:16 EST 1992

The tax on tobacco is quite simply preventative medicine.  No matter how 
considerate your 62 year old friend is of non-smokers, chances are very good
that he will eventually succumb to a smoking related illness.  An illness,
such as lung cancer or heart disease, that will be very costly to the 
medical system.  It's no surprise that health care costs are so high.
Even if the money garnered from the tax did not go toward smoking prevention
programs, as it is earmarked, the cost of cigarettes might just be 
prohibitive enough to turn a few youngsters away from them.  
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