If truth in advertising laws were required of laws, Prop. 10's supporters would be forced to admit that, ghoulish as it sounds, because smokers tend to die younger than non-smokers, they are actually net contributors to Social Security and Medicare. California smokers subsidize the state to the tune of 18 cents on every pack of cigarettes they buy. Enough is enough. Federal and state governments collect billions in taxes every year from smokers and save billions in Medicare and Social Security payments.
Smoking imposes no costs on the nation's taxpayers that go uncompensated.
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