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FROM:I JOHNI D. KELLY i.` I - NATIONAL TAN! D'IRECTOR t ----------------------------------------------------------- ~,. A BILL PENDING IN THE U.S. SENATE WOULD REQUIRE A WHOLE,NEW GROUP OF WARNINGSION CIGARETTE',PACK'AGES--WAY OVERSTATING REAL SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SMOKING AND HEALTH. YOUR HEL'PISNEEDED TOISTOP THIS LEGISLATION. WE'RE URGING A SIMPLE STiEP:' IF YOU,AGREE THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS'UNNECESSARY, WRITE A LETTER, OPPOSING THE BILL TO YOUR SENATOR(S) WHOSE NAME AND,ADDRESS'ARE ON THE ENCLOSED LIST., THE BILL NUMBER IS S. 1929. ITS SPONSORS',CALL IT THE "COMPRE- HENSIVE SMOKING PREVENTION EDUCATION ACT." PUTTING IT SIMPLI^,. THEY'D LIKE TO FORCE THE CIGARETTE INDUSTRY TO'USE ITSIPACK'AGE, LABELS AND ADVERTISING TO'lTELL SMOKERS THINGS THAT THE' ,.INDUSTRY --AND MANY SCIENTISTS--JUST DON'T THINK ARE PROVEN ---- ---------- C t. ---- --- ----- COURSE. HERE ARE A FEW THOUGHTS'TO CONSIDER AS YOU GETSTARTED:' , WHENiYOU WRITE TO'YOUR SENATOR(S), USE YOUR OWN WORDS, OF r ABOUT CIGARETITES.' ~ , 0 THE',BII'LL IS BASED ONITHE IDEA THAT JUST BECAUSE 60 MILLIlON AM'ERICA'NS'SMOKE, TiHEY'MUST BE IGNORANT. BUT'ALMOST EVERYBODY'KNOWS WHAT THE SURGEON GENERAL THINKS ABOUT'SMOKING. JUST BECAUSE THEY AREN,'T BEHAVING THE WAY SOME'SENATORS THINK'THEY SHOULD', DOES THAT MEAN THEY SHOULD BE HOUNDED, BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? 0 AMONG THE PROPOSED',LABELS. ONE WOULD HAVE TO' SAY:I "SMOKERS: NOi M'flTTER HOW LONG YOU HAVE, SMOKED', QUIT'TING NOW'GREATLY'REDUCES THE RISKS TO YOUR'HEALTH." THAT'S THE KIND OF UNPROVEN "TRUTH" THAT WOULD BE "REQULRED READING" FOR' THE PUBLIC. TANIVOLUNTEERS MARCH 31, 1982 PAGE TWO' 0 S. 1929 WOULD:FORCE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHI AND HUMAN SERVICESITQ MAINTAIN AN ANTI-SMOKING BUREAUIYEAR AFTiER YEAR. IS THIS ANY TIME TO BE'EXPANDING'THE FEDERAL BUREACRACY?

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MANYTAN MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN TO THELR CONGRESSMAN ABOUT A SIMILAR BILL PENDING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. REGARDLESS, EACH TAN VOLUNTEER SHOULD NOW WRITE TO HIS SENATOR. BASIS ~ FACT. ONE IS THAT A THI~ OF ALL HEART DISEAS _DEATHSARE "ASSOCIATED WI SMOKING." DO',YOU WANT YOUR SENATOR TO BE CASTING HISVOTE F'OR'CARELESS STATEMENTS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE TOO FEWICONSTI'TUENTS PROTEST'ED?' PLEASE USE THE ENCLOSED ADDRESS, PROMPTLY--AND SEND'ME A BLI',ND COPY OF YOUR LETTER, IF YOU CAN. AND WHEN YOUR SENATOR ANSWERS YOU, I'D'APPRECIATE HAVING A COPY OF HIS LETTER. T00. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS IMPORTANT EFFORT. 0 THEBILL CONTAINS "FINDINGS" WHICH HAl1ENO ADDRESS YOUR LETTERAS FOLLOWS:I t THE HONORABLE ( NAME ) (OFFICE ADDRESS - SEE BELOW) WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510 DEAR SENATOR (NAME): OFFICEADDRESS' ------------------------------------------------------------------------=----------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------., ------------ SENATOR(S) ALABAMA JEREMIAH A,. DENTON, JR. HOWELLT. HEFLIN STATE ~ ALASKA THEODORE F. STEVENS ARIZONA BARRY M. GOLDWATER CONNECTICUT LOWELLP. WEICKER, JR. FLORIDA PAULA F. HAWKINS HAWATI' DANIEL K. INOUYE L f INDIANA DAN QUAYLE IOWA CHARLES E. GRASSLEY °KANSAS NANCY L. KASSEBAUM KENTUCKY WENDELL H. FORD LOUISIANA RUSSELL B. LONG 5327DIRKSEN SENATE 3107 DIRKSEN SENATE 127 RUSSELL SENATE 337 RUSSELL SENATE 313 RUSSELL SENATE 1327 DIRKSEN SENATE 105 RUSSELL SENATE 254 RUSSELL SENATE .# 4 OFFICE BUILDING OFFICE BUILDING ..x ; OFFICE 4:- OFFI'CE OFF~CE OFFICE OFF~E OFFXPE 232 RUSSELL SENATE OFFL I (EXHIBIT C) BUILDING BUILDING BUILDING BUILDING BUILDING BUILDING E BUILDING 304 RUSSELL SENATE OFFIVE BUILDING 363 RUSSELL SENATE OFFI* EBUILDING 217 RUSSELL SENATEOFFICE BUILDING