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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY WHITAKER, STEVENS, BELL, COHOON, SWAIM,
1 3 D. TAYLOR, THOMAS, MILLER, MERTZ, SMITH, KUHN, FOEGE,
1 4 WHITEAD, LYKAM, WENDT, GREIMANN, JACOBY, LENSING,
1 5 HOGG, SHOMSHOR, and OSTERHAUS
1 6 A Resolution urging all Iowans to kick the habit of
1 7 smoking.
1 8 WHEREAS, nearly one-third of all cancer deaths are
1 9 related to tobacco use according to the National
1 10 Cancer Institute; and
1 11 WHEREAS, the National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
1 12 reports that 4,600 Iowans die each year from tobacco-
1 13 related causes and that tobacco use costs Iowa
1 14 business $824 million per year in lost productivity,
1 15 and costs the Iowa Medicaid system $235 million per
1 16 year; and
1 17 WHEREAS, the same report estimates that 23 percent
1 18 of Iowa adults and 27 percent of Iowa high school
1 19 students smoke cigarettes; and
1 20 WHEREAS, 9,400 Iowa young people under 18 years of
1 21 age start smoking each year; and
1 22 WHEREAS, secondhand smoke increases upper
1 23 respiratory infections, aggravates asthma, and causes
1 24 heart disease and cancer in nonsmokers who are exposed
1 25 to the secondhand smoke; and
1 26 WHEREAS, Just Eliminate Lies clubs have been
1 27 established at schools throughout the state to dispel
1 28 the untruths spread by tobacco companies that would
1 29 have consumers believe that smoking is an acceptable
1 30 human behavior; and
2 1 WHEREAS, tobacco use causes more deaths per year
2 2 than alcohol, illegal drugs, car accidents, AIDS,
2 3 suicides, fires, and murders combined; and
2 4 WHEREAS, tobacco use is the most preventable cause
2 5 of serious illness; and
2 6 WHEREAS, the Iowa Quitline has been established to
2 7 help smokers quit by calling 1-866-U-CAN-TRY; NOW
2 8 THEREFORE,
2 9 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 10 That Wednesday, March 31, 2004, shall be declared Iowa
2 11 Kick Butts Day and that all Iowans who smoke are
2 12 encouraged to quit smoking for the day and to take
2 13 serious steps to quit smoking for good.
2 14 LSB 6920HH 80
2 15 rj/gg/14
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