UNCOMMON CENTS 35

HINT: SMOKING MAKES BAD ECONOMIC SENSE - UNLESS YOU ARE WEALTHY.

IF THE FIRST RULE IS TO PAY YOURSELF FIRST YOU OUGHT NOT STEAL FROM YOURSELF AT THE SAME TIME. YOUNG ADULTS CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY OUT CASH, $5.00 A DAY FOR A PACK AND LITERALLY BLOW AWAY A MINIMUM OF $1825 A YEAR. THIS PERK WILL PUT GIANT ROCKS IN YOUR PATH TO WEALTH. PERHAPS WHEN YOU HAVE ACHIEVED FINANCIAL SUCCESS, THIS INDULGENCE COULD FIT INTO YOUR LIFESTYLE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY AN EXPENSIVE ADDICTION IS ONE WAY TO LAND IN DEBT.

IN THE PAST, CIGARETTES WERE CHEAP AND CONVENIENT. THEY FUELED AND HELPED TO WIN MANY OF THE WORLD'S WARS. THEY INSPIRED GREAT LITERATURE AND SOARING THOUGHTS. WHAT WILL FILL THE VOID NOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CO-OPTED BY THE LIBERAL SOCIALISTS WHO ARE DICTATING TO THE MASSES THEIR 'ETHICAL' AGENDA? SMOKING HAS BEEN OR WILL BE BANNED IN VIRTUALLY ALL PUBLIC PLACES. THIS BAN STRIPS A CITIZEN OF HIS RIGHT TO PURSUE HAPPINESS, AN INALIENABLE RIGHT PUT INTO PRINT IN OUR U.S. CONSTITUTION AND PAID FOR IN BLOOD. PUNITIVE TAXES ON CARTONS WERE INSUFFICIENT TO DETER THE PATRONS OF THIS DYING 'ART FORM.' THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE ELITE KILLED IT. WILL THE VICTIMS REST IN PEACE? LUCKY YOUNG PEOPLE WILL SEE THIS BAN AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY THAT CAN BE INVESTED IN THEIR FUTURES. THE RICH AND FAMOUS WILL FLAUNT THE LAW AS THEY HAVE TRADITIONALLY DONE. BUT IF YOUTH CAN REST ASSURED THAT THEY WILL NOT DIE AN EARLY DEATH BY CIGARETTE, THEY MIGHT AS WILL LIVE RICHER THANKS TO SMOKING'S POLITICAL DEMISE. K.I.S.S.