We just let all of it wash over us

Yesterday I was listening to the leader of the opposition Phil Goff on Radio Live and I thought I would ring him and have a wee chat.
The motivation is somewhat of a result of my ridding myself of the evil curse....Smoking.
Yes I have become a 'born again non-smoker' but hey I still hold onto the primordial instincts that made me a smoker and realize that it is not all honey and flowers.
I started with a statement of fact and then a question:

"There were seven deaths over the period 1990-96 where a cannabis-related condition such as drug abuse or dependence was the underlying cause of death. less than 50 people died in New Zealand from a drug overdose in 2008.
Last year there was over 5000 deaths attributed to Tobacco. "

Question: Why do we not ban cigarettes?...

Now hold on I already know the answer I'm not frickin stupid. BUT I wanted a see if a politician especially a opposition MP would show some testicular volume and say this:

"Well David we need the money.. ( nearly a billon NZD) its as simple as that and until we come up with an alternative income stream for NZ then we will have to watch 5000 New Zealander's die every year."

Instead I got the "well we have a plan and we are happy that we are making progress...blah blah blah..." Goff you are a tosser.. you showed no balls just like the little man Key all hat and no horse.
I want them (politicians) to know that it is going to become as visceral as that and soon these overpaid ramora fish ...politicians. will have to answer that question in front of a whole lot of people who have lost their kids,parents and loved ones to cigarettes.
Facts are facts we let the idea that we need tobacco to pay for nanas hip operation or dad's prostrate removal, we need to know that we have money to pay for little jonnies broken wrist ...All at the expense of 5000 dead bodies.....
maybe it is that most New Zealanders do not know that the ding a ling for jonnies arm cast comes (in part) from rothmans...yes some kiwis are that stupid
New Zealand has a unique opportunity to again show the world that we are not multi-national whores who are happy to take our little cut from the like of McDonalds, Rothmans, GSK, Pfizer blah blah you know where i'm going with this...But people it is a FACT and the sooner we all embrace the idea that we can steer our own ship and say to these Killers get out of our country the better we as a country will be.......
Now that is a fact.