Oregon voters just voted against tobacco tax to fun children's health care. And Governor Kulongoski said that the tobacco companies record spending on ad was to blame and they "bought" the votes. Well, he just insulted 60% of Oregonians' intelligence.

I voted against measure 50. But never bought any of tobacco companies arguments. My main reason against it is because it is an unfair tax on a small group of people. I am not even a smoker, but select a small group of people to pay for a general public program is wrong. I think if the measure was to increase incoming tax, I would consider it more.

We should only use tobacco tax money to fund tobacco incurred costs, like smoke prevention program and rehabs for smokers.

Sure, we have been taxing tobacco, alcohol more than other goods. Both smoking and drinking hurts health, and should pay higher tax to cover those cost to the public. But the tax should only limit to the related area. If the problem is already there today, we should try to fix it not to repeat the mistake.

If the public really think the children's health program is so important, then ask for an income tax increase. Children are not just smoker's responsibility.