Comments on: Cigarette Police in Tennessee Using Surveillance to Crack Down on Smokers http://americaswatchtower.com/2007/09/27/cigarette-police-in-tennessee-using-surveillance-to-crack-down-on-smokers/ I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations. James Madison Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:51:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: is that so? http://americaswatchtower.com/2007/09/27/cigarette-police-in-tennessee-using-surveillance-to-crack-down-on-smokers/#comment-19046 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:14:38 +0000 http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/cigarette-police-in-tennessee-using-surveillance-to-crack-down-on-smokers/#comment-19046 this was a funny read. I lived in Tennessee for 8 years – it’s an amazing state. But that tax is silly.

Personally, I think nicotine addicts should have a harder time buying the drug that fuels their addition in the form of cigarettes. But this tax is having unintended effects and the work-around is more unnecessary laws.

If cigarettes are such a problem, states should take a bold stand. Otherwise, good luck trying to keep addicts from buying their cheap fixes elsewhere.

I disagree with the notion that we should see these nicotine addicts as a minority group. They are addicts! Let’s stop calling them smokers and call them what they really are. People who have a drink multiple times a day are alcoholics and need rehab. Smokers are nicotine addicts that need help. There is no purpose in smoking save getting an addiction.

]]> By: cigarette case http://americaswatchtower.com/2007/09/27/cigarette-police-in-tennessee-using-surveillance-to-crack-down-on-smokers/#comment-19031 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:13:47 +0000 http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/cigarette-police-in-tennessee-using-surveillance-to-crack-down-on-smokers/#comment-19031 [...] from .20 cents a pack to .62 cents a pack. There are eight states that border Tennessee and all ohttp://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/cigarette-police-in-tennessee-using-surveillance-to-crack-…Cigarette Import Ban in ThailandThaveechaiyagarn, J. &quotCurrent Developments: The Section 301 [...]

]]> By: Jay http://americaswatchtower.com/2007/09/27/cigarette-police-in-tennessee-using-surveillance-to-crack-down-on-smokers/#comment-9627 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:37:27 +0000 http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/cigarette-police-in-tennessee-using-surveillance-to-crack-down-on-smokers/#comment-9627 I suppose the Big Tobacco lobby would represent the smoking minority.

]]> By: arclightzero http://americaswatchtower.com/2007/09/27/cigarette-police-in-tennessee-using-surveillance-to-crack-down-on-smokers/#comment-9625 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:39:43 +0000 http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/cigarette-police-in-tennessee-using-surveillance-to-crack-down-on-smokers/#comment-9625 How is it that cigarettes and smokers have become public enemy number one? It is really disheartening that every minority group in America has people who stand up and raise a big stink every time somebody even thinks some rights might be infringed on… Yet smokers – a minority group – has nobody to stand up for them and every day there are more and more attacks against their rights. I’m not even a smoker, but even I see how twisted this is.

]]> By: Jay http://americaswatchtower.com/2007/09/27/cigarette-police-in-tennessee-using-surveillance-to-crack-down-on-smokers/#comment-9584 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:04:24 +0000 http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/cigarette-police-in-tennessee-using-surveillance-to-crack-down-on-smokers/#comment-9584 Goodness, I actually feel bad for the smokers. And I kept on laughing the more I read about the criminal penalites. That is so insane. I hope a good constututional law defense attorney can get injunctions on those “scofflaws” as you said. Good grief.

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