The idea that the United States government actually pays farmers to grow tobacco is one of the great mysteries of our capitalistic economy. That's what we should do. Tobacco companies are trying to make up for the loss of business in the United states by selling more cigarettes in foreign countries. No wonder Americans are thought of as the bad guys in so many other places. It should be as illegal to export cigarettes as it is to import cocaine.
Smokers make some people mad.
They don't make me mad. They make me sad. We've got a couple of them right here at 60 Minutes. Harry Reasoner was addicted to cigarettes. The tobacco companies are addicted - not to cigarettes.