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LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL. INCORPORATED INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OFFIcE OF THE PRES/DENT AND CHIEF FXEMIVE OFFicER Dr. William E. Parkin Assistant Commissioner Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control' State of New Jersey Department of Health Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 Dear Dr. Parkin: June 19, 1990 Your letter of June 5, 1990 to, Mr. James Ferguson has been referred to me. For your information, Little League Baseball is deeply involved and is keenly concerned about the use of smokeless tobacco. We have taken an active role in a smokeless tobacco prevention project at the University of Houston which is underwritten by a grant from the. National Cancer Institute. Many of the subjects are Little Leaguers and we arranged for several of the Houston Astros players to be included in testing the hypothesis that athletes can be positive role models. Last week I was contacted by the Department of Health and Human Services to assist them in an anti=smokeless tobacco campaign and it was suggested that a meeting would be held in Washington. D. C. to discuss this major ef fort. As you undoubtedly are aware, there is building interest in this concern and Little League Baseball stands willing and ready to join in any and all projects which will result in the reduction andlor elimination of the use of smokeless tobacco. N ~ W M Cfi,JETGHTON J. HALE, Ph. D. 9i f CJH/bg President and Chief Executive Officer E~~~yED IR 1~j , ~q 2~15%~ aV.f:AVQtj'r-SS P.O. Box 3485 • WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA 17701 • 717-326-1921