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REYNOLDS: Thank God, the state has Big Tobacco to feed on 

Jump to full article: Journal Gazette and Times-Courier (IL), 2008-04-17
Author: HARRY REYNOLDS, Editorial page editor

Intro:

We don't force the liquor industry to pay damages to alcoholics or the government for selling alcohol, which is a legal product. Drunks take to the road and kill people. We know that. What we don't have hard evidence of is whether second-hand smoke is a serious health smoke, or anti-smoking propaganda.

It will be interesting to see how the state legislature and governor deal with the request smoking be allowed in casinos, but denied in other public places.

Allow it and rake in tens of millions of dollars in revenue, which can be used to help solve the budget problem state government created.

Thank God, the state's got Big Tobacco to feed on. Too few dollars of which will be used to encourage smokers to quit.

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