On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:41:30 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun...-tampa-cigars-
closing-tampa-plant/news-metro/

500 jobs lost because a President who smokes doesn't want anybody else
to.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Interesting take. The SCHIP tax may be federal, but *all* the smoking
bans are state issued. As it now stands, 70% of the US population lives
under workplace smoking bans, most predated Obama's election.
Considering smoking is the number one preventable killer, this is just
the beginning. I wouldn't be buying any tobacco stocks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._United_States