Bill Text: GA SR1143 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Kick Butts Day; recognize March 21, 2012
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-13 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1143 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR1143-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1143
By:
Senators Carter of the 1st, Goggans of the 7th, Williams of the 19th, Staton of
the 18th, Rogers of the 21st and others
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
March 21, 2012, as Kick Butts Day at the capitol; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
nationwide, nearly one-fifth of all high school students from ninth grade to
12th grade are current smokers, along with nearly one out of every 14 eighth
graders; and
WHEREAS,
in Georgia, 95,900 high school students smoke and 10,600 kids under the age of
18 become new daily smokers each year; and
WHEREAS,
10,500 adults in Georgia die each year from their own smoking and 184,000 kids
under the age of 18 and alive in Georgia will ultimately die prematurely from
smoking; and
WHEREAS,
smoking kills more Americans than alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, murders,
suicides, drugs, and fires combined; and
WHEREAS,
Kick Butts Day is an annual national initiative sponsored by the Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Kids that makes elementary, middle, and high school students
leaders in the fight against youth tobacco use and exposure to second-hand
smoke.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body wish to
stand up with the children of our state in opposition to the sale, advertising,
and marketing of tobacco products to children and recognize March 21, 2012, as
Kick Butts Day at the capitol.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the public and the press.
