Alaska has one of the highest smoking rates among women in the nation. In rural Alaska the problem is even worse, and we have a Legislature that is reluctant to fund programs to help stop smoking with the tobacco money secured for that very purpose. This is outrageous. We have a chance with this money to reduce the suffering from the number one cause of preventable disease and death and they are spending the money elsewhere. This amount is not enough to address the staggering problem of smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco in our state.
Children are the hope and future of the tobacco industry.
We must work as hard as we can to counter the aggressive marketing toward kids. If we want them to survive as healthy adults, we have to fight this effort to siphon dollars away from needed tobacco prevention and cessation programs. The healthy future of all our kids is at stake. Write the editor and call your legislator today. Joelle Hall Eagle River Top Blame people, not paint ball I would like to address the issue of the paint ball attacks that have occurred.