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JUL 2. '9® 1E1:c?AM PESP1' & REUJ S4C5 rC11 bs3 608.4 ThePrudentiel Mrs. Janice Marshall N.w Jersey State Department of Health Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0369 Re: Project ASSIST 2000 Program Dear Mrs. Marshall: Carfton L. Anderson Vice r•eaider•. Acrr nisrratlon Rescanual ano a.location Sernces Grouo Tne Pudermei tnsure^eeCompany ot Ar*menca 751 Broac St:eeL Newark, NJ 07ti92•377•7 20' 802-4234 Fax 2C' 843-8084 July 27, 1390 p.2.3 The Prudential is the leading lite-insuranc. company in America. It - .mploys over. 100, 000 persons • iYi- the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia :and..ls the fifth largest employer in the State of Naw Jersey. The Prudentiai-has recognized the dangert•ot cigarette smoking in several ways: o Prudential offers lower rates on individual life insurance to insureds who do not smoke. o Prudential's Group Department distributes information to our client companies on the "Costs and Dangers of SmokingN and "How Employers Can Help". o Each year most offices of the Company participate in the "Great American Smokeout" during which employees pledge not to• smok. for a day. o. Medical Staff around the country sponsor informational Smoking Awareness programs. o The Prudential strongly supports the resolution of the American Council of Life Insurance and the Health Insurance Association of America calling for companies to initiate smoking cessation and prevention programs among their employees. o Prudential has developed and implemented a written company policy regarding smoking in the work place. In general smoking is prohibited in all common areas, including lobbies, waiting areas, corridors, cafeterias, lavatories, and recreation rooms. Several of the large business units and departments have prohibited smoking any where within their buildings.

P.3/3 -2- o Prudential is represented on the New Jersey Commission on smoking or Health. We strongly support goals of the ASSIST 2000 program and know that the New Jersey Department of Health, the NQw Jarsey Division of the American Cnncer Society, and the state and local eoal.itions will carry out the t4rms of the contract. There is a very definite need for the project and we will support the Department of Health to the extent possible in the administration of the contract. Sincerely, a~ . aJU- ~ VicePresident, Administration CLA: an a:ca3#12 a