National Great American Smokeout Day, 1995

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Part II

The President

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Proclamation 6850--National Great American Smokeout Day, 1995

Proclamation 6851--National Farm-City Week, 1995

Proclamation 6852--National Family Week, 1995

Executive Order 12980--Further Amendment to Executive Order No. 12852,
as Amended

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 6850 of November 15, 1995

National Great American Smokeout Day, 1995

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Children are our Nation's most precious resource and
most sacred obligation. And all of us--whether parents
or guardians, teachers or coaches, ministers or rabbis,
friends or government officials--can play a role in
nurturing young people and working to ensure their
future health and happiness. Our children look to us
for guidance, and we must do all we can to provide them
with examples of personal responsibility and good
citizenship.

Yet, every day, some 3,000 young Americans become
regular smokers, falling victim to negative influences
and provocative advertisements and putting themselves
at risk of the diseases caused by nicotine addiction.
Nearly 1,000 of these children will die prematurely,
joining the more than 400,000 Americans who lose their
lives to tobacco-related illnesses each year. For a
country so deeply devoted to the protection of
children, such numbers are a national tragedy.

Recognizing the vital need to reverse these devastating
statistics, my Administration has proposed measures to
limit children's access to tobacco products and to
reduce tobacco's appeal. In seeking to protect our
children, we join the countless caring citizens who are
observing the ``Great American Smokeout,'' a nationwide
effort to raise awareness of nicotine addiction and the
deadly risks associated with tobacco use. Working
together on this day and every day throughout the year,
we can create a brighter, healthier future for young
Americans.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim November 16, 1995, as
National Great American Smokeout Day. I call upon all
Americans to join together in an effort to educate our
children about the dangers of tobacco use, and I urge
smokers and non-smokers alike to take this opportunity
to begin healthier lifestyles that set a positive
example for young people.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fifteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and twentieth.