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Smoke from U.S. Term Limits Weekly Commentary BY PAUL JACOB The tobacco issue has become a political football where politicians try to score points. But so much smoke is being produced that it's awfully difficult to see what's really going on down on the field. Here are some facts:
Amidst the smoke, politicians are making out like bandits and the tobacco industry is doing fine, all while the victims of tobacco-the smokers themselves-pay high taxes, suffer diseases and premature deaths, and now will pay higher cigarette prices as the companies simply pass it on. Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that when politicians make a deal with tobacco, the victims pay the price and the public gets nothing but smoke. Teach both the politicians and the tobacco companies a lesson-quit smoking. |