I stopped smoking in !999 because I had made a promise that when I retired I would quit and my mother had just quit at the age of 88 (after smoking since she was 20) - I get just as frustrated and angry by all the laws they're coming out with as you who still smoke - I noticed that on Death Certificates it asks "did smoking lead to this death" - it doesn't ask if alcohol or promiscuity played a part in this death - just smoking - and they keep raising the taxes on cigarettes and trying to increase your health insurance if you smoke - but not liquor - it's a one way street for these people - they can chat about the horrors of smoking while drinking their cocktails - and believe me - stopping does lead to weight gain - doesn't matter if you eat the same as before - the pounds come anyway -

I think I'm just gonna start telling people that I quit smoking.....that should explain the weight gain I've experienced since being dx!!! It's a heck of a lot easier than trying to explain MS!!

Do you share?

thing that bothers me the most are these sin taxes,(for all booze and smoke purchases) that are applied in Illinois, that do not only go for booze rehab or cancer treatment, they go for the roads for the schools to help balance a budget, that to me is taxation without representation, this is discriminative against those who drink or smoke, if these monies are being used for the good of all then all should pay a part of it so then raise the food tax we all must eat this way everyone pulls their share of the taxes instead of a select group, that is the thing that bugs me the most here in Ill, its an unjust tax, used for common good yet only select person pay it, didnt we throw some tea in a harbor years ago because of this and the paper tax?