Results Of Measures 85 and 86

I am very happpy Measure 85 did not pass and our daughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, mothers and girlfriends can choose to be safe when making a difficult decision. I am sad measure 86 did not pass. I guess the smokers decided they did not want to pay more to smoke their cancer sticks. Well, to them, I will be seeing you regularly in the future when you attempt to save your life with chemo or try to catch your breath as fluid continues to build up in your lungs because the alveoli are shot and can no longer do their job, or when you are fighting for your life from heart disease, aneurysms, bronchitis, emphysema, stroke, and/or severe cases of pneumonia and asthma. But enjoy them now, while you are young and healthy, or to help you stay skinny to impress that cute guy, or relieve that stressful moment because you have not learned to handle stress appropriately, or just because it feels so good when you are drunk or done eating. Now that I have vented a little bit, let me just state that it is the younger people who smoke that make me so mad. They know the effects of smoking, yet still choose to do it. It is just so frustrating to watch, especially when they have kids around them. Don't people understand that they are not just hurting themselves, but their children also? Sadly, our society is just so self absorbed they can't even put their children's needs above their own.