Project:1200: HB 82 is on fire! and hey, so are you!

01 March, 2010

HB 82 is on fire! and hey, so are you!

Good news!

HB 82 (smoking in cars with children) passed out of the senate committee today with 3 yea, 2 nay, 1 absent! Thank you for emailing the committee to let them know of the importance of this bill!

LAST STOP: senate floor! feel free to write the senate and urge them to support HB 82 by voting YES!

(email addresses found HERE. talking points found HERE, half way down the post)

As far as the Governor Blitz goes, details will come soon. I will say that his voicemail inbox was full for a large portion of the day, which means that he received a LOT of contacts! I was in the governors office today, and actually witnessed the tally sheet. Unfortunately, when I spotted it, I was on my way out, and the moment to examine it had passed, so I didn't see the details... shucks.

BUT! the battle is still on! please keep writing the governor and the house to urge them to support the tax, and start writing the senate to urge them to support HB 82. LETS SHOW BIG TOBACCO WHO IS IN CHARGE!

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Tobacco kills over 1,200 people EVERY DAY.
since 1964, there have been over 94,000 tobacco-related fetal and infant deaths in the U.S.
one drop of pure nicotine injected directly into the blood stream will kill you in 7 seconds.
Tobacco kills more people than AIDS, suicides, murders, car crashes, illegal drugs, and fires... COMBINED.
in just one year, cigarettes leave 31,000 kids fatherless, and 12,000 kids motherless.
Last year, a former Russian spy was allegedly murdered using Polonium -210. This radioactive chemical is also found in cigarette smoke, a fact at least one tobacco company was aware of in 1964.
Urea is found in cigarettes. Urea is also found in Pee.
Geraniol is found in cigarettes. Geraniol is also found in pesticides.
Hydrogen Cyanide is found in cigarette smoke. Hydrogen Cyanide is also used in rat poison and prison executions.
In 1984, a tobacco company called younger adult smokers " replacement smokers."
In 1971, when one tobacco executive was reminded that smoking can lead to underweight babies, he said, " some women would prefer smaller babies. "
one tobacco company proposed reaching its target consumer from ice cream trucks
Nicotine has been found in breast milk of smokers.
each year, only about 5% of smokers succeed in quitting long-term.
in the U.S., 30,000 to 60,000 people die every year from second hand smoke
there are over 43 carcinogens (cancer causing chemicals) in cigarette smoke
over 2,300 babies die from SIDS due to second hand smoke a year
EVERY DAY the tobacco industry spends nearly $36 million on advertising and promotions in the U.S.
every 6.5 seconds someone in the world dies from a smoking-related disease.
if current trends continue, there will be 1 BILLION tobacco deaths worldwide in the 21st century
Tobacco kills over 20 more people than murder.
since 1987, lung cancer has been the leading cancer killer among women, surpassing breast cancer
about 90% of all lung cancer deaths among U.S. women smokers are caused by smoking.
over 5 million people worldwide die from tobacco a year