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As a smoker, Freeman’s article "Fat Smokers Save You Money" struck a nerve with me. I too have been irritated by the argument that the government has a right to interfere with my personal choice to smoke because I somehow ‘cost everyone else money’. BOLOGNA! For every pack of cigarettes that I buy I pay an excise tax of $0.17, 4.23% sales tax and any local taxes that may apply, depending on where I purchase them. I pay nearly $80.00 per year in excise taxes alone. Now considering that I’ve been doing so for 15 years, that’s approximately $1,200 so far. I have yet to receive any medical treatment paid for by anyone other than myself, and none for smoking related illnesses. My smoking habit has yet to cost ANYONE but me ANYTHING. Can the non-smoking speedsters that have caused my car insurance to go up say the same thing? In 2002, t