Vote DeVos, cough up a lung
In the last gubernatorial debate before the election, Gov. Granholm and Dick DeVos agreed on almost nothing. And one of the things they were polar on was public smoking.
Channel 7’s Diana Lewis asked the candidates would they support the ban of smoking in public places like in France, Ireland and the town Helena, MT. (the public smoking ban here slashed the number of heart attacks in half.)
DeVos said no. Granholm — yes.
Maybe smokers and those who suffer from second hand will thank her if she keeps her seat.
A study found that one in four smokers will get lung disease.
October 17th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
You cannot get any clear-er than the “YES” /”NO” response.
Big corporate entities like smoking because the can get paid from it. What a joke DeVos has made towards the care and concern for the health of the public.
We got enuff junk and pollutants floating in the air already. Smoking costs health payers billions of dollars for cancer treatments, asthma, and breathing treatments. I would not doubt that DeVos has some money interests in companies that treats the complications of smoking, sucking up millions and millions of dollars from this serious public health issue.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:11 am
is it any coincidence that he invests in healthcare facilities?