Have any one think of how much one smokes a year? Two packs a day will be around 650 packs a year. that will be 65 cartons a year. At let say $20 a carton that will be $1300 a year. Not counting heath care. You got to think of how fast heath care jump too. In the 1970 all they had was just x-rays. Today in 2005 I saw a cat scan machine that have to have the tempture control room, other wise they have to reset the cat machine each time. That cost just for the machine $1,000,000 U.S. and they have those all over the place now. This is a check out girl I ask to make a face for art but she just smile. I do not know if she smokes but when I look at the photo I saw the smokes behind her and just started to think . Did the goverment help the poor when they went after the tobaccoo companys. The goverment say they will not tax the poor but who smokes the most... the poor. I think the goverment just wish to rob the tobaccoo companys of the billions. and now they thinking of going after the fast foods and the oil comanys and sayit for your good and your heath too. I think they just want the money myself. Thanks for looking and comments and votes too