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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS f 79 PRINCETON BLVD. L0WELL, MA 01851 617 937-7343 June 21, 1990 William E. Parkin, D.V.M., Dr. P.H. Assistant Commisioner Division of Epidemiology & Disease Control State of New Jersey Department of Health CN360 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0360 Dr. Parkin: It is with pleasure that this letter is written in support of your Request For Application from:the National Cancer Institute in partnership with the New Jersey Division of the American Cancer Society. The request applies for the seven-year initiative, the American- Stop Smoking Interven- tion Study (ASSIST) for cancer prevention and will provide needed'activities which are targeted to get people in New Jersey to stop smoking. As Regional Director for Region 2, (New York and New Jersey) for the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, I can fully support an initiative designed to assist providers of direct health care education and support in assisting our patients to stop smoking. Nurse practitioners, are, as you know, a provider group especially concerned with promoting-healthier life styles as a part of the care they provide to their patients. Nurse Practitioners care for people of alll ages, but do specifically care for people who are part of some of the groups targeted in this initiative. The need for specific education regarding-smoking cessation for patients is evidenced in-the accompanying article andi letter to the editor response from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners' Journals, April-June 1989 and April to June 1990. The Academy is willing to participate with you in identifying nurse practitioners in New Jersey and iir_ planning for educational activities targeted to them,. Please let us know how we may participate in the state and local coalitions designed to carry out the terms of the contract. i;rCEi ,iU;'1 2 ~ r.~....~.,~ ....,..-- r,i. e~~ ~. . .- L

11 Best wishes in a successful application. Please contact me if any further information or assistance is.needed. Sincerely, Anna Marie Hughes, Ed.D., R.N., C. Adult Nurse Practitioner Region Two Director ,American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Enclosures (2), copy to: Zo DeMarchi, Executive Secretary American Academy of Nurse Practitioners