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1*A WWW JUSTOUT COM JULY 3 2009 just out Oregonians speak out - a series of conversations about creating a healthy environment for everyone in our community. Founded 1983 b / J a / Brown and Renee LaChance PUBLISHER 6 MANAGING EDITOR M a rt/ Davis tobacco's true cost on EDITOR A m anda Schurr CREATIVE DIRECTOR Laura Atkinson ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Larr/ Lewis ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Justin T a /lo r. L /n d a W ilkinson good health Paying the price Community leaders need to realize that the health costs Tobacco use is perhaps the single of smoking - heart and lung disease, emphysema, most significant preventable health cancer, and more - also take a toll financially. But by problem in the world. The costs to focusing on prevention and early intervention, we can our communities are staggering. stop the cycle of addiction and help people experience Hundreds of thousands of lives lost. Money spent to treat ' smoking-related diseases. Lost worker productivity. And damage from cigarette-induced fires every year in Oregon. Taxing an addictive and harmful product to discourage its use is a worthwhile idea. With every increase in tobacco taxes, usage has declined. Tax revenue can be directed toward health care for lung disease and cancer. And, more importantly, the revenue can fund programs to stop young people from taking up the habit in the first place. M et C heney E xecu tive D irector, C om m un ity C an cer F o undation / C om m unity C an ce r C enter, R oseburg — CONTRIBUTORS M er/I C ohn. A lle / Hector. Kira Lesle/. LeAnn Locher. Nick M attos. Eric Olson. R /a n J. P rado. F lo /d Sklaver. T am m / Stoner SUPERB DESIGN. TECH SUPPORT. GOOD SPORTAGE AND DJ TALENT LiLi (C liff) DISTRIBUTION Youme Inhofe. C hance Schwartz. Dan W hite the joy of feeling healthy. S ue D ensm ore M em ber, O regon Environm ental C ouncil, M edfo rd — « a E H » H I I Just Out is published on the first and third F rida / of each month. C o p /rig h tO 2009 toy Just Out. No part of Just Out may be re produced without written permission from the publisher. Changing the future Role models play a big part in the ; behavior of young people. When j Editorial guidelines: Letters to the e d i tor should be limited to 500 words. An nouncements regarding life transitions (births, deaths, unions, etc.) should be limited to 200 words: photos are welcome. Deadline for submissions to the editorial department and for the Calendar is the Thursda/ 15 da/s before the next pu b lication date. Just Out reserves the right to edit for grammar, punctuation, st/le. lia b ilit/ concerns and length. Views ex pressed in letters to the editor, columns and features are not necessaril/ those of the publisher. someone you look up to is using tobacco, chances are you will too. In 2005, I helped pass an ordinance in Pendleton that prohibited free public tobacco sampling. For our community, it was an important step in curbing tobacco Breaking the cycle Tobacco is often a person’s first entry into a long-term life of addiction. And more often than not, it becomes an intergenerational problem. Mothers and fathers smoke - and their kids do, too. This unhealthy trend will continue, unless families understand all the use, which can eventually reduce health care costs. It stopped sampling at our local rodeo, where kids had Advertising p o lic / The djspla/ advertis ing deadline is the M onda/ 12 da/s before the next publication date. Classified ads must be received at the Just Out office toy 5 p.m. on the Sunda/ five da/s before the next publication date, along with pa/ment. Classifieds m a / be placed via www.justout. com. toy mail or in person at our office. Just Out reserves the right to reject or edit a n / advertisement. Compensation for errors in. or cancellation of. advertising will be made with credit toward future advertising. Ad vertising rates available upon request. easy access to the same chewing tobacco being used by their role models - rodeo cowboys. The cowboys said they started chewing as kids. And I want to stop this from happening to our kids in Pendleton. P hillip H ouk M ayor, P endleton risks of smoking. — “The effects of tobacco are felt throughout Oregon, particularly among the economically disadvantaged and our youth. That's why reducing tobacco use Is an issue of social justice, as well as community health." — Reverend W.J. M ark Knutson, Pastor, Augustana Lutheran Church and Northwest Health Foundation Board Member i conversation Printed on 100% rec/cled stock using so/-based inks. Please rec/cle CHP J Community Health Priorities www.CommunityHealthPrioritios.org A N o m in o s i H i \ i m Fon\iv\no\ P kojn In Partnership with the Distribution polic/: Just Out is available free of charge Just Out is delivered o n !/ to authorized distributors. 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