April 1st, 2009 | 
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You’ve cowered in dark out-of-the-way smoking areas, hidden in the shadows, and tried to grab a quick smoke while standing in the rain for too many years!! You wish you had a dime for every time someone informed you that smoking is a filthy habit and is bad for your health. You’ve spent a small fortune on breathe mints to avoid offending others. We know, it’s been rough out there on the minority of smokers like you.
But now it’s time for you to come out into the sunlight with the rest of humanity, and to be proud that you’ll soon be supporting a government spending program that was defeated just the year before!! Because now, thanks to our government legislators, you’ll funding the SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program), like it or not.
That’s right, as a current smoker, you can now be referred to as a ‘supporter of the SCHIP Program’. As of April 1st, you’ll become part of an elite group, a group that is truly doing good for a ChangeTM, so to speak. Dare we say, you should feel good about it? However, we realize this is not likely the case.
We’re Here to Help
We will do our very best to help you see this huge punitive tax, that you’re being singled out for, in a whole new way. You begin to see that this is more than a Bill to provide healthcare for children, but rather, as President Obama said, this program is “the first step” to achieving universal health coverage in the U.S. (Freking/Elliot, AP/San Francisco Chronicle, 2/5).
Here at Smoke For The Children, our aim is,
“To raise awareness of the need for millions of volunteers who would like to be ‘supporter’s of SCHIP’; while encouraging current ‘supporter’s of SCHIP’ through information, forums and humor.”
As Congressman Tom Perriello from Virginia, who voted Yes on the SCHIP bill put it, “This program targets working families who are climbing their way out of poverty…” He is absolutely right!! At Smoke for the Children, we couldn’t agree with him more! We will talk about this plus a whole lot more as the site gets going.
Please check back frequently for news and updates. Pull up a chair and make yourself right at home. Of course ‘supporting SCHIP’ is always permitted here.
God Bless you for “giving a SCHIP” and ‘supporting SCHIP’.
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On the Contact page it says, “Here is where you can contact us when you are out and about and discovered you forgot your cigarettes to show your support of the children. Never fear! Just drop us a line and we will rush you a new pack immediately.”
This is great, but there is no number to call or email link to use. Are people supposed to call 911, like they do when McDonald’s runs out of McNuggets? McNuggets don’t even support healthcare and, being without cigarettes is a much bigger emergency.
Or should people call the Whitehouse and ask for Obama when they run out of cigarettes? I would do both.
Thxs Supporter I will look into it.