I don't believe in smoking but......

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Ted King wrote:
I'm not in tune with the "pay more for your health care because you do 'X' in your life." If somebody needs medical care then, sh*t, I say let's give it to them. Everybody pays the same and gets the health care that they need when they need it. I don't feel that way about everything, but I do feel that way about health care.

Now wait a minute here... I'm already paying more because I'm old. If I then elect to put myself further at risk by smoking, I should pay even more.

I CHOOSE to smoke... This isn't about addiction. At some point, you choose to have that first cigarette. You should have stopped there, but you CHOSE to continue.

If you make the case that people are becoming addicted through no fault of their own, then hand the blame to the makers AND REGULATORS of cigarettes.