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Statements
of Support
Letters of support from political campaign managers
who have worked with Patrick Reynolds:
Wendy Simpkins, Senior Director of Corporate Communications
American Cancer Society, Ohio Division, April 26, 2007
Chris Quint, Director of Public Policy,
Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance
December 17, 2003
Roy Mitchell, Mississippi Health Advocacy Program
December 22, 2006
News clips from the above political campaigns
Alexis Zorbas, Strategy Unit
Ministry of Health & Social Solidarity
Athens, Greece
May 12, 2009
"At our conference launching the national campaign for our law prohibiting smoking in public places, Mr. Reynolds gave a well-informed, polished and persuasive speech and assisted us in promoting the Greek State’s agenda on tobacco, through strong and very positive national media coverage of his visit. Moreover, his talk to youth at one of our local schools was a tremendous success.
Thus, I hereby would like to highly recommend Mr. Reynolds as a speaker targeting all ranges and ages of society, as well as a core representative to the Press regarding the negative effects of smoking and secondhand smoke.
Mr. Reynolds has been a most valuable addition towards our public health efforts in Greece, and has made a noticeable difference to our national efforts against smoking."
Dr.
C. Everett Koop
US Surgeon General, 1981 - 1989
December 18, 2003
Original letter
"I
support The Foundation for a Smokefree America, and
the valuable and important work Patrick Reynolds is doing to
further the goal of a tobaccofree society. Patrick Reynolds
is one of the nation's most influential advocates of a smokefree
America; his testimony is invaluable to our society. Since launching
his campaign in 1986, he has continued to make an important
contribution to the tobacco control public health effort.
"Because
of his past dedication and commitment, I am confident that under
Mr. Reynolds' stewardship, The Foundation for a Smokefree
America will achieve the goals it sets out to accomplish...
"There
is no more worthy public health effort than the Foundation's
in seeking to prevent youth smoking, and to provide school-based
programs to educate children, create a stronger network of school
programs, and to help coordinate school programs with local
health agencies.
"The
Foundation for a Smokefree America, and its programs are
vital in the effort to create a tobaccofree society."
In 1986, Dr. Koop issued the landmark Surgeon General's Report
on Involuntary Smoking, which helped provide the scientific
evidence to support new laws banning smoking in public places.
In 1988, published The Surgeon General's Report on Nicotine
Addiction, a seminal report establishing new scientific evidence
that nicotine was addictive.
David
A. Kessler, M.D.
Former Commissioner of the FDA
Present Dean of the School of Medicine,
University
of California at San Francisco
December
5, 2003
Original
letter
Patrick
Reynolds continues to make an important contribution in the
field of tobacco prevention and control. He has spoken to hundreds
of schools and community groups, and works tirelessly to promote
tobacco-free causes. I believe that over the years, he has made
a difference in the progress of the anti-smoking movement, and
I have every reason to believe that under his leadership, the
Foundation for a Smokefree America will achieve the goals it
sets out to accomplish.
I
support the Foundation for a Smokefree America's effort to provide
school-based programs to educate children through smoking prevention
activities and educational materials, create a stronger network
of school programs, and coordinate with local health agencies.
These programs represent important, necessary steps to creating
a tobacco-free America.
Dr
Kessler was the commissionerof
the Food and Drug Administration under President Bush Sr.
and Clinton. During his time in office, he fought
vigorously for the Federal regulation of tobacco. Dr. Kessler
is the present Dean of the School of Medicine at the
University of California at San Francisco.
Stephen
M. Shortell, PhD, MPH
Dean of the School of Public Health
University of California at Berkeley
December
2, 2003
Original
letter
I
am familiar with the work Patrick Reynolds has done over the
years and the important contribution he has made to the movement
fighting tobacco use. I admire his dedication to the tobaccofree
cause and believe Mr. Reynolds has made a difference in the
progress the anti-smoking movement has made in recent years.
As
the Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of
California, Berkeley, I strongly support The Foundation for
a Smokefree America and the work it is doing to further the
goal of a smokefree society. Because of the leadership and commitment
of Patrick Reynolds, I have every confidence that the organization
has the capacity to competently fulfill the grants this worthy
organization applies for.
I
fully support the Foundation for a Smokefree America's efforts
to:
- Provide
school-based programs to educate children through smoking prevention
activities and educational materials.
- Create a stronger network of school programs, coordinated with
local health agencies
- Enhance the Foundation websites, www.anti-smoking.org and www.notobacco.org.
- Enact peer-teaching programs to empower youth to resist peer
pressure and advertising, including the building of a new awareness
among youth that countertop tobacco displays are paid advertising,
often next to the candy or chewing gum.
- Implement
programs to encourage physicians to take a proactive role with
their smoking patients, to intervene and ask them to quit.
- Establish Hollywood for Youth, a group that will raise awareness
of the bad examples stars set when they smoke in films.
- Establish
an anti-smoking campaign for Universities and Colleges, which
will include posters, tobacco free days, and educational speakers
on campus.
- Design
educational materials for legislators regarding current tobacco
laws and cigarette taxes in their State, vs. other States.
I
also fully support the Foundation for a Smokefree America’s
efforts to raise funds, in order to enhance and expand its tobacco
control programs.
Dr.
Shortell is a Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor
of Health Policy & Management, and Dean of the School
of Public Health at UC Berkeley. He has written numerous articles
which have been published in medical and scientific journals.
Dean
Ornish, M.D.
President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute
December
5, 2003
Original
letter
I
admire Patrick Reynolds' continuing dedication to the tobaccofree
cause. Mr. Reynolds has made a real difference since he first
spoke out publicly before Congress in 1986.
As
founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine
Research Institute, I strongly support The Foundation for a
Smokefree America. Patrick Reynolds continues to make an important
contribution to the field of tobacco prevention and control.
Over the years, his work has helped make a difference in the
progress the progress of the anti-smoking movement.
Because
of his past dedication, I believe that under Mr. Reynolds' stewardship,
The Foundation for a Smokefree America will achieve the goals
it sets out to accomplish.
I
support the Foundation for a Smokefree America's effort to providee3
school-based programs to educate children through smoking prevention
activities and educational materials, to create a stronger network
of school programs, and to help coordinate them with local health
agencies.
Dr.
Ornish is the author of five best-selling
books, including New York Times bestsellers Dr. Dean Ornish's
Program for Reversing Heart Disease, Eat More, Weigh Less, and Love & Survival. His research and writings
have been published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, the American
Journal of Cardiology and elsewhere. Since
1980, Dr. Ornish has directed clinical research demonstrating
for the first time that comprehensive lifestyle changes may
begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease, without
drugs or surgery.
Mikelle
Robinson, M.A.
Manager, Michigan Tobacco Control Program
December
3, 2003
Original
letter
Mr.
Reynolds has worked tirelessly in the tobacco prevention field
since 1986.
As
Manager of the Michigan Tobacco Control Program, I strongly
support the Foundation for a Smokefree America, and the important
work of the Foundation to create a smoke-free society.
Mr.
Reynolds has shown his commitment to tobacco control by speaking
out against the marketing of death by the tobacco companies
and encouraging children to remain tobacco free.
I
seriously hope you will consider his application for funding.
Please don't hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance
in this matter.
Additional statements of support
Feedback on live speaking engagements
Chris
Quint, Director of Public Policy,
Colorado
Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance
Jill
Presley Cox, Coalition for a Tobaccofree Arkansas
Jessica
Brookshire, MSA, CHES, University of Notre Dame
Dr.
Jose Calvo, Professor and Head of Health Education,
University of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Roy Mitchell, Mississippi Health Advocacy Program
Danita
Carlson, Tobaccofree Coalition of Wood County
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