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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, TALLMAN, GILLESPIE, MILLER, GROVE, DePASQUALE, BEYER, BOYD, BRENNAN, BURNS, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, DELOZIER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, JOHNSON, KAUFFMAN, KORTZ, KOTIK, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, McCALL, MELIO, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILNE, MOUL, MUNDY, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, READSHAW, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SONNEY, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND WALKO, MARCH 19, 2009 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 19, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Designating March 25, 2009, as "Kick Butts Day" in Pennsylvania. |
2 | WHEREAS, The tobacco industry spends more than $15.4 billion |
3 | a year, more than $40.8 million a day, $1.7 million in one hour, |
4 | $58,000 every two minutes--the time it takes to brush your |
5 | teeth--on advertising and marketing its deadly products, much of |
6 | it aimed at children and youth; and |
7 | WHEREAS, In this nation alone, tobacco use costs $96 billion |
8 | in health care every year, which is an increase of $7 billion |
9 | over last year's costs, and the average Commonwealth household |
10 | now pays $638 a year and each of us who is a Federal and State |
11 | taxpayer must forfeit $6,124.80 a year just to cover the tobacco |
12 | smoking caused tax burden and related government spending, even |
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1 | if no one in the household smokes tobacco; and |
2 | WHEREAS, Each day roughly 4,000 youth under the age of 18 try |
3 | smoking for the first time, and more than 1,500 youth become new |
4 | regular, daily smokers, and one in three of these youth will die |
5 | prematurely because of tobacco use; and |
6 | WHEREAS, Worldwide, tobacco kills one person every 6.4 |
7 | seconds, 559 people every hour and 13,400 people every day, with |
8 | one American dying every 72 seconds and 1,200 Americans dying |
9 | every single day; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Almost 90% of adults who have ever been regular |
11 | tobacco smokers report they began smoking by the time they were |
12 | 18 years of age; and |
13 | WHEREAS, Adult male smokers lose an average of 13 years of |
14 | life and adult female smokers lose an average of 15 years of |
15 | life; and |
16 | WHEREAS, It is imperative that visible, unified tobacco |
17 | cessation and prevention education efforts by community members |
18 | be launched to encourage all tobacco users to be tobacco-free; |
19 | and |
20 | WHEREAS, The "Kick Butts Day" campaign will be celebrated in |
21 | every community on Wednesday, March 25, 2009; and |
22 | WHEREAS, Businesses, government, law enforcement, schools, |
23 | faith-based institutions, service organizations, youth, |
24 | physicians, senior citizens, military, sports teams and |
25 | individuals from all other walks of life will demonstrate their |
26 | commitment to tobacco-free, healthy lifestyles by participating |
27 | in this campaign; therefore be it |
28 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate March |
29 | 25, 2009, as "Kick Butts Day" in Pennsylvania, and encourage |
30 | citizens of all ages to participate in tobacco cessation and |
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1 | prevention education activities to make a visible show of |
2 | support for our strong commitment to a tobacco-free community, |
3 | encouraging all youth and adults to pledge to be tobacco-free. |
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