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  • I-185 Will Save Lives

    Dr. Kris Spanjian, Molt, Mont.|Sep 6, 2018

    As a retired ICU physician, I know the end-stage consequences of tobacco use: heart disease, stroke, vascular disease, dementia, COPD, emphysema and cancers – not just lung cancer, but also throat, stomach, pancreatic, colon, liver, kidney and bladder cancers, to name a few. It was difficult to repeatedly see these horrible diseases, and their devastating consequences on patients and their families. Initiative 185 will place higher taxes on tobacco and vaping products. Hopefully, this will discourage their use. In addition, the revenue generate...