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'•TH-c" CHRlSTPA4S• SEAL P~C'L' E AMERICAN ~ 1600 LUNG Route 22 EaSU . Union, ASSOCIATION NJ. OF NEW JERSEY 22 Union NJ. 07083 . (201~ 687-9340 1600 Route a East~ 07083 (201 ~ 687 -93d0 Aprill: 13, 1990 oFFFicERs Robart 0. PeMet Plsid.r~t Jaoqu.lrw C. FloWws, M.P.H. F'xaf S6a. Pnssidrnt EB:abeOf W. RoalwMi, C.R.T.L Secau~C Vka. Pnsd.nt Wart~r H. if~low Thi~d Uio. Pr.Jkl.nr Ruth Al Wigpinz, R.N., M.A.. 8.a.rayr Rwoo. E. C~n Tnratrrnr Carot A. M.ier. R.N. A~ Tr.su~er Robert F. Corso e+.n+a+~y aWecro. BOARD OF DIREC~roRs ArNtwny J. Albarm... R.R.T. J. DaNM 8akw Brlan J. CoNirn. M.D. Coag~ a*ymon Ma. Dola.. C. H.rm.nn WaBx W. Hhbp DadMa K. Haknas. R.N.. M.A. Fred M. Jacobs, M.D. Ioui'a J. Lamuxna Rob.rt J. Mdovary. M.D., K*i1h L Muure. Esq. JEaph P. P.du/.. M.D. lewfs W. PaK.r, ,k., C.P.A. asn. PMxs MtrGa PkNt~tbHeBer L.. e. R.fcfrrt.n. M.o.. M.P.H. David'J. RMy. M.D. Eugene E. Rodpars Rob.ct,C. Roy P.aul'SawrWd Phili{~ L Sch1ffm~n. M.D. Gracs L Si~px L.ouis S. smiq, LT.Sd Jo..Ph W. Soiwiowiki. Jr.. M.D. Katlwrin. T. Umbid, R.N. Fr.dMidc Ci. WM{ply K.rr~e: A. Wyka, R.R.T D.tiaah K. 7aatodd, R.N.. Ed:M. aneSIDENrs cour~cxxL vmran cohen JosepM Fnnctlint KatMien Moran, Esq. Rudy Stervut WONORARY MEMBERS Mrs. EttL C. Braddock wanem su~l /lobM 0. Hartley. R.N.. M.N. Mrs. Tha~us H. McGlad. Chsrles R. Re.r~n, M.D. Mrs. Ann Rabiann Janice Marshall, RN, MSN NJOOH Division,of Epid. and Disease Control 3635 Quakerbridge Road CN-369. Trenton, NJ 08625-0369 Dear Janice: Tihis letter is to inform youlthe the American Lung Association of New Jersey (ALANJ)•supports New Jersey's application for the ASSIST Project contract_ As you know, we believe there is a need for the project. Smoking, both active and passive, kills many of our citizens every year. Those i:n~iividuals who still smoke are usually hard-core long-term smokers who are addicted to nicotine and dependent on smoking. In our intervention work, we are finding that it takes more time and individual attention for these people to~quit smoking than it did only a few years ago. We believe the project is necessary and we will support the contract. We have already assigned a bi-linqual staff member to be a member of the organizing coalition for one of the proposed intervention sites. The ALANJ'~can provide a variety of community-based smoking educatiom and cessation programs. We are willing to provide facilitator training for community volunteers who will work with adults and teens in various cessation programs. We believe that we can help publicize the project through our well-established media contacts and can provide a high level of credibility to the project's various activities. We know that the New Jersey Department of Health, the NJ Oivi'sion of the American Cancer Society and the state and local coalitions wiilili carry out the terms of the contract. Intsummary, we strongly support the contract and look forward to working together to help New Jersey be smoke-free by the year 2000. Robe rt F. Co rso Managing Director RFC/km el eAnpr TwAn, af) v! 4RC (1~: (`I7p.,f ,nil.&i.lrti' cTps.~~.r: