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PSEG PublicSeruice fflectncand Gas Corncsany 80 Park Pfaza, Newark, NJ 07101 / 201 430-7000 MAtuWG.ADDRESS / P0. Box 570, Newark; NJ 07101 June 12, 1990 Mrs. Janice Marshall, MSN, Coordinator New Jersey Department of Health• Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control Smoking Control Program CN369 Trenton, N. J. 08625-0369 Dear Mrs. Marshall: PSE&G wholeheartedly supports the initiative called the American Stop Smoking Intervention Study (ASSIST) for Cancer Prevention. For the past four years, we have tried to encourage our employees to quit smoking-by offering smoking cessation programs, restricting smoking to designated areas, and supporting non-smokers' desire to work in a smoke-free environment. In our health promotion program, we had developed an in-house video by a prominent oncologist on the deadly link between smoking and cancer. This tape was offered to 2,000 secondary schools in New Jersey and over 900 accepted the free copies. Our continuing effort to promote the concept of smoking control and prevention will be an ongoing subj,ect which will utilize our in-house newspaper, pay envelope stuffers, and health promotion program. We appreciate the importance of your project, for it is a known fact that almost 80% of all cancers are potentially preventable. of that number, 40% is attributable to lung cancer. Therefore, we will support your effort in trying to make our society smoke-free in the future. LoTtis Marturana General Manager Employee Services 95•2001 (20®M) 1•90