The United States does not have a universal model of health care, like ALL of our colleagues in other developed countries. We do have a fail safe with medicaid and medicare which is the benefit package guaranteed to our seniors that have earned their pension and respective government benefits. And we also have medicaid which provides for the most young, pregnant and destitute of our population.
Tobacco is the most nasty plague to a public health system that exists in developed countries (except diabetes and obesity) in the U.S.
If there was a universal system of health care in the U.S. where WE ALL could have health care which would ultimately be paid for by out cumulative tax dollars... TAX THE FUK OUT OF TOBACCO AND "HANG SMOKERS". I do NOT want to pay for medical care for preventive conditions. BUT... I HAVE NOOOOO PROBLEM PAYING MORE TAXES FOR A UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE MODEL. And the CA people that go on and on about "my money being spent on other people" actually make me laugh.
Until then....
MEH........Tobacco taxes without a legitimate reason... it is a shitty way to grab more money...
