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JULY 3 2009
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Oregonians speak out - a series
of conversations about creating a healthy
environment for everyone in our community.
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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.
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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
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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.
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“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."
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Northwest Health Foundation Board Member
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