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I I F I I ~ I I i L nF urc~rr+ r~w ~ ~t>~.~ j~r= -~t, GOVSRNOP's CITIaENS' PANEL ON SMOKING & HEALTH Nf•:.MHF:R.S Ren I). Itarkrr, 11.11.S., ( h.rtrper+on PrUaG1T I)rn•r i..r -n Ilculrn 7.K. KellnKk IFown.i.ut.rn Scott K. \imun.l. 1)r. P.II., Vict-C:hurrper.on Protea..ur ~,f Ile.rith IiJuc..erun Unt.er.rty o/ ~lrr htn..n Flrvnor H.uha•r, I)vt•crur Genr.ce Indr.in I cntor Donald Itrccki.n. Ph. 1). Prote..ur of Ilealrh Education Central Vrchis.n (:ntverstry Honorable Raymond W. Hood Mrchrctn Hou.e oi Representattves Jame% p. Ilovard, Asst. Dean C.olleRe of Osteopathtc .Wedictne Mtchraan Snte I:ntverstry Thomaa A. Hunter Vice-President National 8aok of dettott Vtrrtrnta L. Kiolhede, Preatdent \1t, Plea.ant School System Margaret Lee Drpa rrment oi Physint Education and Hnlth, DlVOIt Public Schools 7talter P. ,Nanet 111, Executive Secrerary 4icht,atn Tobacco.nd Candy Dtstrrtwtors and Vendura Asaocuuon ( /.+nrrt ueadovcro(t, President Bo~td ri fTrectors (:•and Valley Reston of the Amencan s Association oi Nichipn I-t..arles FI..Nitchner, President Gttrarer LanxnR Urban League Mtchael A. 4ornmore Heaitn Education Drrecror Berrten County Health Department Robert T. Orrvnn Coordinator Subsrance Abuse Jfervtces 4rd-+Mtcnrttan District Health Dep.rtment Vorherr Retnntetn Publrc Ile-.tlth Consulrant Ilonur.rhie 7illiam A. Sederburlt Uichtnin State ~a•nutc Jamc. C. Ternun. MLI)., Ile,4lth Officer I.uceal.tcktnac•Al,cer-Scho.dcra(t District IIrJItn Uepurrmcnt DouKlas Vilotu.. Coordinator Hr.t, th Education and Pre.•enrton Blue C:ossi I11ue Shield of ,uichrtpn ('ieorite I). Ti.lrts. Secretary-Treaaurer Ntcht"n .{Fl.daO Arrhur 3'eaver, kI.D., Protessor of $ureery 7avne So.+te l:ntver.ay Scnool of Nedicrne iTA F h' Kenneth E. Tamer, Ph.ll., Prutect Utrector Sunnv Sun Var Futrt, Chief. Office of He-ilrh Elucanon Rhonda Ru.n Runner, Student A...atst~nrr Ofuee of ileaeh Fdunrton November 18, 1980 The Honorable William G. Nlilliken Governor of the State of Michigan State Capitol Lansing, Michigan Dear Governor Milliken: Ph. (517) 373-9.t37 On behalf of the Citizens' Panel on Smoking and Health, I am pleased to transmit to you the Panel's report on recom.rnended actions to reduce tobacco-related illness and death. We believe that our recortunendations repre- sent a framework for the development of a ccmprehensive Statewide smoking and health program. It is cur hope that you will comnit your office to impilement these and related actions. The Panel will be pleased to meet with you to clarify any questions you may have concerning the report and to discuss the implementation of a State smoking and health program. Working with this Panel has been a grati-lying experience. Panel members have displayed an unusually high level of conanitnent and cooperation; the project staff has been exceptionally able and supportive. We have benefited from the assistance of representatives of several bureaus within the Uepartment of Public Health as well as indivi- duals from other state departTrents and agencies. Our deliberations have been aided by the testimony, written and oral, of numerous citizens representing a variety of voluntary and private sector agencies. In short, this has been an enterprise marked by concern and coirnit:rent. As you observed in your 1980 State of the State message, 't...smoking is cited as the greatest single preventable cause of death in America todayr'. The Panel has accepted this fact, well docLmnented in Surgecn General's reports dating frcm 1964, as its point of departu7e. The limits of time and other resources available to us occasionally restricted our ability to study recomznendaticns to the extent we would have desired;•censequently, a few of the reccirIInended actions reauire further stecification before translation into policy. In each of Lhese cases, we OFFICE OF HEALTH EDUCATION MicSigon Department of Public Heolfl„ 3500 Nortr Logan, Lansing, Mi. 48909

Honorable William G. Milliken Page Two concur on the principle involved but feel that refi.ner.:ent of details shculd precede irmlem.entation. Several of our recorr.endaticns call for further investigation. Sti'hile we have attermted to be as ccrmrehensive as possible in considering alternatives, we aclmowZedge that we may have overlooked potentially useful actions. The Panel achieved a high degree of consensus on each action reconzr.ended in this report. We present these recommnendations with the conviction that the severity of the smoking and health problem in Michigan warrants isnnediate attention. We believe that the reconanendations are an irportant step in this direction and, if fully implemented, can contribute to reducing the social burden of smoking. The Panel expresses its gratitude to you and conmends you for the unique public health opportunity you have created within the State. Respectfully submitted, Ben D. Barker, D.D.S. Chairperson LI I p L I