Is there such a thing as too much temperance?


Some anti-smokers apparently think so:

Rob Reiner is opposing a California ballot initiative that would raise money for hospitals through a $1.50-a-pack cigarette tax hike. Reiner is worried that the initiative will threaten his pet project, the First 5 California program, a preschool enrichment boondoggle that relies on a 50-cent-a-pack tax hike approved by voters in 1998. "If the state increased cigarette taxes as proposed by the hospitals," the Associated Press notes, "purchases would inevitably decline as smokers shop elsewhere for lower prices or give up the habit. If fewer cigarettes are sold in the state, tax collections will decline. In turn, First 5 would receive less money."

Keep on smoking, folks. It's for the kids.

(Via Bitch Girls)


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Hey Rob, I got an idea, allow cigarette advertising in preschools, using preschoolers.

"When I wake up from a nap, I'm cranky, nothing calms me down, for snack time, more than a cool drag from my Camel Cigarette."

Posted by: John at November 28, 2005 9:03 AM

Since he has so much of it, why doesn't he just give all of his money to his pet project and leave the good citizens out of it.

Posted by: Muffin the cat at November 28, 2005 8:05 PM

More of the idiotic blather from MEATHEAD who dont he just keep his atheistic pinko piehole shut

Posted by: sandpiper at November 28, 2005 9:42 PM

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