Help Restore Funding for Youth Smoking Prevention Programs  

Dear Editor,

The Wakulla Health Care Task Force urges all registered voters to vote “Yes” for Amendment No. 4.  Voting “Yes” will restore funding for effective smoking prevention programs for youth.  Let’s use just 15% of the money Florida receives from its settlement with tobacco companies to improve the future health of our youngsters.

What parent wants their child to become addicted to tobacco products in their teen years, suffer from poor health, and die young?  There are effective ways to keep children from starting to smoke cigarettes or use other tobacco products.  These programs were working well until funding was unexpectedly cut off.  Please vote “Yes” to Amendment No. 4 to restore funding for these important prevention programs.

No children or grandchildren to worry about?  Employers will benefit by reducing the medical care costs of future employees.  Taxpayers will benefit by reducing the cost of publicly funded medical care.

Not smoking cigarettes is the single most important health decision any person can make.  Let’s help our youth resist the powerful marketing influence of the tobacco industry and choose a path toward good health.  Vote “Yes” for Amendment No. 4.

The Wakulla Health Care Task Force

This letter originally published on October 23, 2006.

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