This is not a “health care election,” except, of course, for the impact abortion will have on voting and turnout, whatever the outcome on November 5.
But health care has played a role in the campaign and the election in the following significant ways.
Yesterday marked the 36th year that the world observed World No Tobacco Day. This relatively obscure milestone masks a stalled effort to curb consumption of combustible cigarettes and other nicotine-related products. It’s unlikely most people paid any attention.
But the impact of smoking is all around us, even if we don’t see it. Statistics rarely tell a provocative story to compel people to action.