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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING MARCH 21, 2012, AS "NATIONAL KICK BUTTS DAY"

     Introduced By: Representative Larry Valencia

     Date Introduced: March 21, 2012

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Each year, roughly 1,400 additional children and adolescents under 18 in

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Rhode Island become daily smokers, and half of these young people will eventually die from a

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tobacco-related illness; and

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     WHEREAS, The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids’ annual “National Kick Butts Day”

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strives to reduce and remove the ability of the tobacco industry to target children and young

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adults with advertising, and urges elected leaders to do more to protect young people from

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tobacco; and

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     WHEREAS, “National Kick Butts Day,” hosted by the Rhode Island Tobacco Control

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Network (RITCN), is a day of activism when thousands of youth in every state and around the

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world “stand up, speak up, and seize control against Big Tobacco”; and

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     WHEREAS, The collective voice of dozens of middle school and high school age youth

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will be raised in outrage at the tactics of Big Tobacco on March 21, 2012, when the first Annual

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“Kicking Butts on Film” PSA Contest winners are announced at the Rhode Island State House;

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now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations hereby encourages and applauds the efforts of the Rhode Island Tobacco

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Control Network and its mission, as the organization provides a forum for demonstrating the

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destructive impact of cigarettes and other nicotine products on tobacco users, both young and old;

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and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That this House hereby recognizes March 21, 2012, as “National Kick

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Butts Day,” and urges all citizens to join in raising awareness about the dangers of tobacco and

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help prevent more young people from smoking in the State of Rhode Island; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ms. Emily LaPlante, Rhode Island Tobacco

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Control Network.

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