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TI-IETOBACCO INSI'ITUTE C 1875 1 STREET: NORTHWEST WASHINGTON. DC 20006 2021457-l800 • 800Y42-1-9876 January 14, 1983 MEMORANDUhi TO: Larry Bewley James Cherry, Esquire Hugh Foley J. Bernard Robinson, Esquire J. Kendrick Wells, III, Esquire RE: New York Position Papers . Enclosed herewith please find position papers on each piece of legislation which was considered in the New York legisla- ture last year. For your information, our 1983 distributio plan is as follows: first, we plan to hand-deiiver the issue papers to all the relevant sponsors of each piece of legislation; second, our legislative counsel will mail on Shea & Gould stationery the issue papers to each member of the Assembly and Senate who have not already received them. The mailin g to the members of the legislature wi11'occur within the next few weeks. The issue papers by themselves will not have a significant impact. However, we wish to demonstrate to several members of the Assembly and Senate that the intentions of some of those sponsors are ultimately to prohibit the sale of tobacco in New York state. We believe these intentions will become more apparent to several members when they view the plethora of anti-tobacco bills collectively rather than focusing on each individual bill in an isolated manner. .I thought youtd have an interest in being aware of our distribution plan. We will keep you apprised of our other efforts to defeat such legislation. MJK/ cr Enclosure cc: Matthew H. Mataraso, Esquire Bernard J. Ruggieri, Esquire Ric Scanlan MICHAEL J. KERRIGAIV Vice Presid'enY State Activities 202;457-4889