Originally Posted By: AuntyM
laterun, just so you know where I'm coming from, govt. gets $60 billion dollars in revenue from smokers every year. Less than 2% of that is spent on smoking cessation.

I really don't see the use of alcohol as being any different. They'd prefer it if you didn't drink and drive, but they aren't willing to forego the revenues in order to make that happen.


So true. If you drink the hard stuff (I don't usually) you can ONLY buy it FROM the state. They should have some complicity.
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