Public Housing Nationwide May Be Subject to Smoking Ban

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39. That's what they are: increased taxes on tobacco to give more tax breaks to the wealthy,

Restricted smoking to give more power to the police to harass people who smoked, allowed hotel owners to fine people who smoked in their rooms, gave employers another tool to harass and divide employees, encouraged insurance company to charge more for smokers so they could save money on premiums for themselves - even auto insurance companies charge more for smokers, and also created a black market in cigarettes - Eric Garner was choked to death by the police because he was selling untaxed cigarettes. And of course, created a lucrative market for "stop smoking" "cures."

Finally, it's been made into an issue that keeps us commoners divided, and corporate America knows exactly how to use it to their benefit. It's not the only reason for this, of course, but it started during the Reagan Administration, and the rich have been getting richer and the poor poorer ever since. Anti-smoking is used in exactly the same way as anti-abortion is used, and for exactly the same reason.