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STOP TAXING TOBACCO
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    1. The President of the United States (+ 5 others)
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      • The President of the United States
      • The U.S. Senate
      • The U.S. House of Representatives
      • Your Governor
      • Your State Senate
      • Your State House
  2. Created By
    Mary Lou Berry
    Summit, AR

You tell us do not smoke...we do it anyway...we are pushed outside to do so... but we do it... this tax has targeted many poor families whose parents are addicted to tobacco...and you created a larger burden on those families...You bring more stress to cause more health problems than what smoking has caused.  We are tired of all the over exaggerated health risks concerning smoking...those that smoke enjoy it and that's why they do it...You have pollution on every hand...you have carbon monoxide coming out of tail pipes, you have Chlorine in the drinking water a known carcinogen causing 10% of all cancers in America and the US Air Force is constantly spraying our skies with barium and aluminum and yet you target some tobacco smokers and make them pay for everyone's children's health care.  Yet the smoker is denied any health care.  You even start bills as the NO PACT ACT trying to stop internet tobacco sales to Adults...and such a bill is an invasion of personal privacy and a unlawful search and seizure...and again this bill just targets those poorer families who are not able to pay the high price of cigarettes at their local market but have found savings ordering online ... WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER BLACK MARKET IN AMERICA AND WE NEED TO END THE ONES WE DO HAVE... let adults make their own choice about what they consume...and quit targeting the poorer families with these unlawful and unconstitutional taxes...how about taxing the hell out of Alcohol it's just as toxic...as cigarettes...and causes many domestic and social problems in America and 76,000 deaths a year due to alcohol poisoning alone...how about taxing alcohol instead and return back to smokers their normal prices on cigarettes...Which was high enough already!!

Another related Tobacco petition to sign is called "Big Tobacco Tax"  please visit >  http://healthcare.change.org/actions/view/big_tobacco_tax

Recent Signatures

TOBACCO TAX UNLAWFUL

Dear Representative

Please remove this unconstitutional and unfair tax on tobacco products that has targeted poor families creating more hardships, and stress to parents who smoke and enjoy smoking. You have unlawfully targeted smokers whom you will not provide health care to anyways and who will pay out of their own pocket more for their premiums.  Stop targeting smokers they pay enough already!  Quit trying to force your healthy lifestyle choice on everybody...we should have the right to choose what lifestyle we want...if we want to be fat... let us...if we want to be drunks...let us...leave us alone do not force your ways upon us by unlawfully taxing the hell out of our vices...ENOUGH IS ENOUGH...return to smokers what you have stolen...And I do not support any bill that restricts internet tobacco sales online to adults or that would prohibit the delivery of tobacco via USPS or other delivery methods to adults.

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