Government tobacco policies: the butt of a bad joke

For the purpose of transparency, I want to stipulate that I do not smoke cigarettes and never have.

But I think Americans who use tobacco products—and many who don’t—have similar and increasing levels of frustration when it comes to the U.S. government and its policies on tobacco products, especially cigarettes.

Cigarette smoking kills people. No one successfully argues against that point—not even the tobacco companies.

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