Cigarette Tax

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Thank God the Cigarette Tax Proposition in California didn't pass. It was a close one! I don't think smokers should pay for other's health problems. We don't stick a cigarette in other's mouths and force them to smoke and people that second hand smoke aren't forced to stand around or be in the room with the person smoking! I do feel like some parents over see the fact that smoking around is dangerous for their kids health...but why should everyone have to pay for something they are doing.....if they can't afford medical insurance I'm sure they would qualify for State Provided Insurance....anyway here is the breakdown of what the money would go to.... Tax breakdown A proposed $2.60 per pack tax increase on cigarettes would raise an estimated $2.27 billion a year. Here's how the money would be spent: -- Hospital emergency care ($828 million) -- Nursing education ($100 million) -- Community clinics ($64 million) -- Emergency room physicians ($72 million) -- Physician education (($8 million) -- Prostate cancer treatment ($19 million) -- Tobacco cessation programs ($19 million) -- Children's health insurance ($405 million) -- Tobacco education and enforcement ($194 million) -- Cancer, heart, asthma prevention ($292 million) -- Cancer- and tobacco-related disease research ($105 million) -- Early childhood education programs approved by Proposition 10 ($162 million)