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To: Janice Shell who wrote (15790)	1/19/1998 7:01:00 PM
From: James R. Barrett	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 108807

Janice, what I am waiting for and hoping for is the abolition of cigarettes in the USA. Yes, I want federal legislation prohibiting the growing of tobacco and the manufacturing of cigarettes. No, I have'nt lost my mind or quit smoking. Then why do I want a total ban on cigarettes? Very simple, we will be able to buy all the cigarettes we want on the black market. The cigarettes will be much cheaper because there will be no federal or state taxes on them. Instead of collecting billions of dollars in taxes every year from us smokers they will be spending billions of dollars a year trying to keep cigarettes out of the country. They have failed miserably at trying to keep drugs out of the country and they will fail just as badly with tobacco. It will be a whole new industry. Cops and judges will become rich taking payoffs. Organized crime will have a new subsidiary. Ship owners will make a fortune. Mexico will become the biggest tobacco grower in the world and become a super power in 10 years. The possibilities are endless. We will be buying cheap, tax free cigarettes from the corner butt dealer instead of the supermarket. Sounds great eh? C'mon anti-smokers, ban cigarettes completely. I dare you. I promise I'll invest my cigarette tax savings in socially correct mutual funds. Jim