[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 66081-66082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30683]



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Part III





The President





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Proclamation 7251--National Great American Smokeout Day, 1999



Proclamation 7252--National Farm-City Week, 1999



Proclamation 7253--National Family Week, 1999



Proclamation 7254--National Family Caregivers Week, 1999



Executive Order 13142--Amendment to Executive Order 12958--Classified 
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                Proclamation 7251 of November 18, 1999

                
National Great American Smokeout Day, 1999

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Tobacco use continues to be the leading preventable 
                cause of death and disease in the United States, 
                costing more than 400,000 lives and $50 billion in 
                medical expenses each year. Some 3,000 Americans under 
                the age of 18 become regular smokers every day, and we 
                know that at least 1,000 of these new smokers will die 
                prematurely from a tobacco-related disease. As caring 
                adults and responsible citizens, we must do all we can 
                to keep another generation of Americans from succumbing 
                to the lure of tobacco. Each year, the Great American 
                Smokeout provides people across our Nation with an 
                opportunity to stand united in our efforts to help 
                smokers quit and to convince our fellow citizens who 
                don't smoke that they should not start.

                Some positive statistics reinforce this message. 
                According to the Centers for Disease Control and 
                Prevention, each year an estimated 1.2 million adult 
                smokers successfully quit smoking--permanently. Smokers 
                who quit before age 50 substantially increase their 
                expected lifespan, compared with those who continue 
                smoking after they turn 50. Former smokers also reduce 
                their risk for coronary heart disease, cardiovascular 
                disease, lung cancer, emphysema, and stroke.

                My Administration has worked hard to identify the best 
                practices for preventing tobacco use among our young 
                people and encouraging those who do smoke to quit. I 
                have asked the Congress to discourage young people from 
                smoking by funding important health programs and 
                raising the price of cigarettes. I have also urged the 
                States to invest a portion of the substantial funds 
                they acquired in last year's settlement with tobacco 
                companies in programs that help reduce youth smoking 
                while not abandoning tobacco farmers and their 
                communities.

                During this 23rd Great American Smokeout, I encourage 
                all Americans to create a healthy, tobacco-free 
                environment for themselves, their children, and their 
                fellow citizens. I also ask that part of this special 
                day be spent engaging youth in discussions about the 
                dangers of tobacco use, teaching them how to establish 
                healthy lifestyles, and helping them to develop 
                effective measures for becoming or remaining tobacco-
                free.

                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 18, 1999, 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 
                both smokers and nonsmokers to take this opportunity to 
                practice a healthy lifestyle that sets a positive 
                example for young people.

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

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 99-30683
Filed 11-22-99; 8:45 am]
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