He isn't making all cigarettes illegal though.
He is making CLOVE cigarettes illegal, and FLAVORED cigarettes illegal.
How many people do you know that smoke, smoke those? I bet it's way less than HALF of the people you know who smoke. The ARGUMENT is that clove and flavored cigs reel kids in. I disagree. They ALWAYS say it's for the kids. This is about Phillip Morris creating yet another monopoly that exists in America.
Kreteks are imported from Indonesia. Those who smoke cloves, generally smoke way less than normal cigarettes as they are LESS ADDICTING. It's like smoking a small cigar. I personally smoke one a day.
Taxes during a recession on anything should not exist. Tax my cigs when I am making money. But for the love of God, to make them ILLEGAL????? Are you shitting me?
The point is, once you start making certain freedoms ILLEGAL, you can bet your ass there will soon be new ones to follow. I didn't realize we were going to turn into a communist state where freedoms start getting banned.
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world
-Lily Tomlin