Kristen Page-Nei

Kristin Page-Nei writes, "From 2010 to 2019, the population of older adults in Missoula County grew 40%. Yet county funding to Missoula Aging Services has remained at a flat $350,000 per year for the past 15 years, with no adjustment for inflation or population growth."

Kristin Page Nei writes, "It’s an insult to blow smoke in someone’s face. That’s what Big Tobacco and its enablers in the Legislature are doing to Montanans right now, and we should all be offended."

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Heart Association and American Lung Association urge lawmakers to pass a permanent cigarette tax increase of $1.50 a pack this upcoming special session.