TAXES: Tobacco users being unfairly singled out

I am not a tobacco user but have empathy for those who are addicted to tobacco products. I wonder what our taxing representatives would do if tobacco users decided they had enough of being singled out to pay more than their fair share of so called sin taxes and rebelled by reducing their consumption by say, 50 percent. 

My prediction is that the nonsmoking public would be asked to contribute more of their income into the general fund to compensate for the lost revenues.

If those who complain about smoking had to replace the taxes that were lost due to the smokers saying that they had had enough, maybe they would feel some of the pain of the tobacco users being asked to pay ever-increasing taxes.