tax money goes, i think a very good idea would be to put that tax money to free smoking sensation claffs. -- cessation classes. you want to educate people. you want them to quit smoking. classes are important. people need support groups that are free. if you really want people to stop smoking, this is the way to do it. and take out all those chemicals. guest: she raises some interesting points that we've talked about a little bit already in terms of the adtives and other things that are in products. we'll see what the f.d.a. does in terms of what they'll let be in the products and what they decide have to come out ft and we'll see that over the next few weeks or months. host: an e-mail says it directly and indirectly causes health problems. what will regulation do other than minimize that risk at perhaps greater expense? guest: that was the whole debate in the first place, is the f.d.a. approved products, drugs that potentially have some benefit to you if you have high cholesterol and you take a staten that there's potential benefit. with tobacco, it's a product that is known if you smok

sounds kind of crazy to say it but a lot of the schools have removed a lot of the physical education claffs out, music and -- classes, music and other thing that is parents are scrambling after school to get the kids to do. so they're having to do to health clubs or high quan do. >> we'll leave it there. so the opportunity equation report actually takes up management of schools and how you get -- the how of getting math and science teachers and others and the management of systems so everyone realizes that that kind of question or issue brought up about getting new teachers because other teachers are higher paid is actually an important point in this. that we have to make everything work together. we can't solve science and math only by focusing on science and math. we have to focus on how we get good teachers, preparation, and how we motivate students. and as parents, how we have to organize and give messages to our kids about what's needed. host: someone who submitted a tweet said all schools need more funding. they have to buy their own papers and supplies. guest: schools need adequate f