The government and tobacco

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Although I understand where you coming from on this, I'm not sure if I agree. The societal costs of tobacco use may well exceed the tax revenue it generates, although there's no way of measuring it.

Seems to me the the gubers get tax income from the time the tobacco seeds are sold all the way through to the estate taxes due when you die from lung cancer. Pretty good scheme!