December 5, 2010
Michele Bachmann
House of Representatives
107 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Michele Bachmann,
I am writing to you concerning HR 1432: Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2009 which was introduced in House Energy and Commerce. I believe that this is an important law and should be passed because it has to do with the health and wellness of others. People who smoke are not only harming themselves, but also the innocent people around them.
This is important to me because I do not smoke of use tobacco products and I do not want meself or my environment to suffer the harmful side effects. Woodbury has come a long way with smoking issues but there are still so many things we can do to make tobacco products used and purchased less that they currently are.
Please pay close attention to this and vote yes to pass and enforce this law. Thank you!
Fact Sheet:
- In the United States, an estimated 24.8 million men (23.1 percent) and 21.1 million women (18.3 percent) are smokers
- The use of smokeless tobacco has been increasing, especially among America's young people.
- According to the CDC, more than 3,000 young people become regular smokers every day, which is more than one million new smokers a year.
- 1 in 5 teens smoke cigarettes.
- 17 percent of kids in 9th grade reported smoking cigarettes. The rate of smoking then increases to a high of 26 percent in 12th grade.
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I like your letter, it was short and to the point. I was checking out your fact sheet and I thought that you had a lot of good sources. I couldn't open the last one for whatever reason. But you had good content I thought.
ReplyDeleteKristen, nice job on your letter to Michele Bachmann. Your fact sheet includes lots of relevant and appropriate information as well.
ReplyDeleteSmoking is a huge issue and Im glad that you chose to address it. Its so scary that 1 in 5 teens smoke cigarettes. That is so much !
ReplyDeleteKristen, great bill that you chose. I also chose a bill that has to do with tobacco and smoking. It's a huge issue in our country and it's just frightening how many people are affected and killed by tobacco. Something definitely has to be done to combat this issue and with more people like us advocating progress can be made. Very informative and well done post.
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