In ten years time we in California

have reduced tobacco use from 26.7 % to 18 %,

have saved over 3.026 billion dollars in medical costs,

have impacted more then 90 percent of our workforce with smoke free environment facilities,

have declined the cancer rate due to tobacco use by 14.4 percent,

while we only saw a decline of 4% in the rest of the nation,

and have even seen voluntary increase in smoke free homes.

67% of all California residents live in a smoke free home.

Even smokers have voluntarily prohibited smoking in their homes.

All of this was done through a comprehensive tobacco control program

---including cessation

---ad campaign

---local education and

---working with the schools and ethnic networks.

I say to all who care to hear the truth the California program

Jennie R. Cook

(Chair of the oversight committee on Prop 99 and

the Past National Board Chair of ACS)