Man, I wish we had a reservation here in Col. to buy cigs from! I think it's great that the Native Americans are fighting back. I am tired of the propaganda bull on cig. bans and the money that Big Parma and the government are making off of a lie!

Lisa, you are the typical "government is trying to get us, don't take away my right to smoke" type person. Guess what, you dont have a fundamental right to smoke. I, as a nonsmoker, do have the right to protect my health and the health of others from being subjected to your dirty habit. It's nice to see how you've become a spokesperson for the tobacco industry. Native Americans have a high prevalence of smoking. Its unfortunate that the people who are going to kill them off are their own people.

While I refuse to wade in on either side of the argument, I do take umbrage with Michael's comment,"Guess what, you dont have a fundamental right to smoke. I, as a nonsmoker, do have the right to protect my health and the health of others..." I believe a smoker has as much right to choose to smoke as a non-smoker has to choose to not smoke. Futher, we each have a right to protect our own health; however, I am not certain there is a right to protect the health of others. It may be a duty for some and not a right.

Presumably "immunity" from excise taxes etc. implies that tribehood is something sacred or nonprofit, therefore maybe the Oneida retailers should rethink their mandate and act in a true nature-loving spirit. They can protect their own and others' children against deadly hot burning overdose indoctrination by taking a pass on cigarettes entirely and processing the tobacco instead into a particle size and texture which can be purchased in little cannisters and served in 25-mg. single toke allotments by means of a long-stemmed one-hit "semi-vaporizer" utensil (also worth manufacturing and providing to customers).

The only reason that this product is still sold, is because it was grandfathered in.If this product was to try and come to market now, it would be shown as the most dangerous, thats right, I said the MOST dangerous product on the market now.If your a smoker, you are an ADDICT, a junkie that craves his or her fix,I say look at me, I'm an ADDICT and its okay, How very, very, sad. I feel pity for you.Your a loser.

My rights end where they adversely affect yours.

Personally, I quit drinking, quit using drugs, quit gambling, but I still smoke. Glad to know I'm still a junkie using "the MOST dangerous product on the market now." (Guess you don't have Crystal Meth or Crack Cocaine where you live?) I did give up smoking for a time but came back to it because I missed it. People who still smoke tend to be poor and/or less educated than the elitists pushing a smoke-free world. Police in Canada are currently busy arresting homeless people at shelters who buy "native" cigarettes. (Native $2.50/pack vs. Taxed $9.80/pack) They fine people who can't afford to pay the fines. Where is the logic? Recovering people tend to smoke cigarettes (The "Gateway Drug" if there ever was one) We encourage people not to smoke, but there will always be a segment of the population who will not stop. Tax it to oblivion and watch criminals take up the business of supplying the demand. Errrr...isn't that what's already happening? The war on drugs is such a huge success (NOT)...Lets have a war on smokers too! Only a fool would believe you will legislate smokers out of existence. The current generation will die off and we may educate coming generations not to take up the habit. But, I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for it to happen.