PRINTER'S NO. 2661
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
537
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY HILL-EVANS, HENNESSEY, KORTZ, RYAN, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, BIZZARRO, YOUNGBLOOD, BURGOS, MILLARD, MURT,
LONGIETTI, DiGIROLAMO, SONNEY, SCHLOSSBERG, JOHNSON-HARRELL,
BURNS, McNEILL, SAYLOR, FREEMAN, KINSEY, HOWARD, DEASY, MOUL,
READSHAW AND SCHWEYER, OCTOBER 15, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, OCTOBER 15, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing November 21, 2019, as "The Great American Smokeout
Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke and the
marketing of tobacco products were commonplace in the 1970s when
annual Great American Smokeout events were first observed; and
WHEREAS, The tobacco industry in the United States spent more
than $25 million per day in 2017 in advertising for tobacco
products; and
WHEREAS, Today, more than 34 million people in the United
States smoke cigarettes of which 75% smoke every day; and
WHEREAS, Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable
cause of disease and premature death in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Cigarette smoking is believed to cause approximately
1 in 5 deaths in the United States each year; and
WHEREAS, Exposure to secondhand smoke alone causes an
estimated 41,000 deaths per year among adults in the United
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