Texas has raised the "sin" tax on tobacco products twice in the past 4 years to "cover health related issues associated with tobacco" because tobacco drives up the cost of health care. Wonder why health care hasn't gone down and where that tax money is? Obesity causes more health problems and health care cost to sore even more than tobacco products. Guess we need a "sin tax" on food when obese people buy groceries too. Just put a scale and hight measurment device at every check out counter.

The liberals in CA are frustratingly inconsistent. Isn't this the same group advocating the personal liberty to marry who they wish and to smoke pot? I don't understand how they miss this point - the more the government chooses for us, the less we can decide for ourselves.

Using the government to encourage or discourage a peaceful, voluntary behavior is improper and will undoubtedly backfire. The more power we surrender to the government, the more corrupt it becomes.