[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 21, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Part II





The President





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 Proclamation 6850--National Great American Smokeout Day, 1995

 Proclamation 6851--National Farm-City Week, 1995

 Proclamation 6852--National Family Week, 1995

 Executive Order 12980--Further Amendment to Executive Order No. 12852, 
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                Proclamation 6850 of November 15, 1995

                
National Great American Smokeout Day, 1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Children are our Nation's most precious resource and 
                most sacred obligation. And all of us--whether parents 
                or guardians, teachers or coaches, ministers or rabbis, 
                friends or government officials--can play a role in 
                nurturing young people and working to ensure their 
                future health and happiness. Our children look to us 
                for guidance, and we must do all we can to provide them 
                with examples of personal responsibility and good 
                citizenship.

                Yet, every day, some 3,000 young Americans become 
                regular smokers, falling victim to negative influences 
                and provocative advertisements and putting themselves 
                at risk of the diseases caused by nicotine addiction. 
                Nearly 1,000 of these children will die prematurely, 
                joining the more than 400,000 Americans who lose their 
                lives to tobacco-related illnesses each year. For a 
                country so deeply devoted to the protection of 
                children, such numbers are a national tragedy.

                Recognizing the vital need to reverse these devastating 
                statistics, my Administration has proposed measures to 
                limit children's access to tobacco products and to 
                reduce tobacco's appeal. In seeking to protect our 
                children, we join the countless caring citizens who are 
                observing the ``Great American Smokeout,'' a nationwide 
                effort to raise awareness of nicotine addiction and the 
                deadly risks associated with tobacco use. Working 
                together on this day and every day throughout the year, 
                we can create a brighter, healthier future for young 
                Americans.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim November 16, 1995, as 
                National Great American Smokeout Day. I call upon all 
                Americans to join together in an effort to educate our 
                children about the dangers of tobacco use, and I urge 
                smokers and non-smokers alike to take this opportunity 
                to begin healthier lifestyles that set a positive 
                example for young people.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twentieth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

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