Mary Keltner writes:

Re: Dave Everett's comment to keep smoking in order to pay for children's health care and education - those same taxes will also go to pay for the many smoking related illnesses that develop in adults, paid through Medicare and Medicaid, and the illnesses caused by exposure to secondhand smoke.

But the toll is not only financial, it will impact everyone in a family, in a negative way. I say this after working as a nurse for a good number of years, and nursing both of my parents, who died from smoking related illnesses. Think about all of those lost at too young an age, and many times in great pain, and how not smoking would have improved the lives of them and their families... -Mary Keltner

This story was posted on 2010-11-18 11:56:48

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