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I am pretty sure that the government spends a lot more money in health care in treating diseases caused by smoking.... like cancer, heart disease, bronchitis, emphysema, and stroke than they take in tax revenues... could be wrong though.  

Get serious, if smokes were all that deadly, then any RESPONSIBLE gov would OUTLAW it completely....Tobacco is nothing more to them than a taxable commodity....

Our cost to support and provide health care to unwed mothers and their offspring is ten-maybe 50 times the costs of health care for smokers.

Never said the Gov't was responsible.  I said that they spend more money on health care for smoking related problems then they take in in tax revenue.   Never said they didn't spend more money on unwed mothers and welfare either... But how often do you see people procreating in public?  And even when you do see this wonderful activity in public, how often does it cause you cough up brown flem the next day?  (well if that happens my friend you are getting involved in the act and you are doing some nasty mess on top of that) heh heh heh.  My point is... I work in a bar.  I don't smoke... but after spending hours in this bar, I cough up funky colored mucus that doesn't exactly envoke thoughts of healthy lungs.