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New Jersey Association of Health Care Facilities IEXINOTONSOUARE COMMONS 2131 ROUTE31 TiEI. 609=890-8700 TRE NTO N, NEW J ERSEY 08690• 1740 FIiX 609-584-1047 May 11, 1990 William E. Parkin, DVM, DrPh. Assistant commissioner N.J. State Department of Health Div. of Epidemiology & Disease Control Smoking Control Program CN 369 Trenton, NJ 08625-0369 Dear Commissioner Parkin: This is to advise you that the New Jersey Association of Health Care Facilities wholeheartedly supports the New Jersey Department of Health and New Jersey Division of the American Cancer Society in their effort to develop tobacco control activities to reduce cancer morbidity and mortality by reducing the prevalence of smoking. We feel such a project is worthwhile and stand ready to assist your effort through educational semi- nars, distribution of materials and any other way we can be of help. As you know, we represent nursing homes, medical day care and residential health care facilities; therefore, we see the devastating effects of smoking and cancer in the patients we serve. We also constantly have the need to educate staff regard- ing smoking. As an added bonus, your study would assist our facilities in another area since smoking is a major cause of individual injury or death in our facilities due to patients or residents who do smoke, violating smoking policies and regula- tions. We know the combined forces of your Department, those of the American Cancer Society's New Jersey Division and the local coalitions will be successful in carrying out such a contracted project. As previously stated, we stand ready to assist. S E. CUNN IIdGHAM ~, President JEC:GTM