Full Text of HR1037 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to commend CVS Caremark on its decision to | 4 | | stop selling tobacco products in its stores; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, CVS Caremark has decided to stop selling tobacco | 6 | | products at its more than 7,600 stores across the United States | 7 | | by October 1, 2014, making it the first national pharmacy chain | 8 | | to take this step in support of the health and well-being of | 9 | | its patients and customers; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Decades of tobacco control efforts have greatly | 11 | | reduced the prevalence of cigarette smoking, but the rate of | 12 | | reduction in smoking prevalence has stalled in recent years; 42 | 13 | | million people continue to smoke; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The impact of tobacco on our nation's children is | 15 | | striking - 90% of adult smokers began at or before age 18 and | 16 | | an estimated 5,600,000 kids alive today will die prematurely as | 17 | | a result of tobacco-related disease unless current trends are | 18 | | reversed; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Studies have demonstrated a relationship between | 20 | | tobacco use and geographic density of stores that sell | 21 | | cigarettes; reducing the density of stores that sell tobacco |
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| 1 | | can help reduce smoking among young people; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, CVS Caremark's decision to cease tobacco sales | 3 | | underscores its role in the United States' evolving healthcare | 4 | | system; pharmacies are becoming more involved in chronic | 5 | | disease management to help those with high blood pressure, high | 6 | | cholesterol, and diabetes - all conditions that are exacerbated | 7 | | by smoking; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Smoking is the leading cause of premature disease | 9 | | and death in the United States, killing more than 480,000 | 10 | | Americans and costing the nation an estimated $289,000,000,000 | 11 | | in medical costs and lost productivity annually; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, CVS Caremark has also pledged to help millions of | 13 | | Americans quit smoking; this spring the company will launch a | 14 | | national smoking cessation program with the goal of helping | 15 | | millions of Americans quit smoking and get healthy; therefore, | 16 | | be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate CVS Caremark for stopping the sale of tobacco | 20 | | products in its stores; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to CVS Caremark as an expression of our gratitude.
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