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If SMOKING bans are an indicator of growing wealth then WHY arent tobacco products banned in the USofA the wealthiest country around. Sending cigarettes to China, India and Japan for low prices sale there might solve some of our trade deficit problems.
The Pols here have taxed the tobacco companies by court order and are using the funds from that, not for public health but for anything they want. That is dishonest, but then Posa are basically dishonest.