There ' s an actual cost to the state associated with cigarette smoking though . There are health care and lost taxable wages from illnesses , with smoking so widespread at least in the past smoking hurts the state . Of course now we ' re straying into personal choicenanny state territory , but at least there they have a reason for the tax . Also , if everyone stopped smoking the need for the tax would also disappear . But as we all know that ' s not the only thing that money is being used for , they ' d probably try to find some way to replace that tax . <| sep |> Not at all . He fell out of rotation a few months into the season and was a pro and never complained and was always a presence on the bench . I don ' t think any C ' s fans have hard feelings , just a bummer he didn ' t fit into our system at all and had to warm the bench .