In Recognition and Support of
THE GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT
November 17, 2022
WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society encourages all tobacco users to join the Great American Smokeout and quit tobacco for at least one day; and
WHEREAS, each year, nearly 34,000 California adults die from smoking and 20,300 kids become new daily smokers; and
WHEREAS, flavored tobacco products make smoking and vaping electronic cigarettes attractive to youth and harder to quit; and
WHEREAS, more than 84-percent of high-school smokers used electronic cigarettes, almost all of which are flavored; and
WHEREAS, electronic cigarettes create hazardous waste in the form of plastics, semi-conductors, heavy metals and lithium-ion batteries for which there is no established disposal or recovery procedure; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED that I, Sue Long, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Fortuna, recognizes and supports the American Cancer Society’s GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT, on Thursday, November 17, 2022, and encourages all residents who use tobacco products to consider that they do not have to stop smoking in one day. Just start with day-one.
SIGNED this 7
th day of November 2022 at the City of Fortuna, in the State of California, and in witness thereof, the seal of Fortuna.
Sue Long,
Mayor, City of Fortuna