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<br />The Minnesota Smoke-Free Coalition is a group of health, business and civic <br />organizations working together to reduce tobacco use in Minnesota. The <br />Coalition's goals are to prevent children from beginning a lifelong addiction to <br />tobacco, create economic disincentives for tobacco use, and to protect nonsmokers <br />from exposure to secondhand smoke. <br /> <br />I AlTfiZi'il:Zlill1 <br />'l.Jl." C<1I1Gllf , <br />1i' Society' : <br />, " <br />- ".,~---->: - i:A <br /> <br />. ,t- <br />Amencan Heart aA <br />Association. V <br />Learn and Live_ <br /> <br />t' AMERICAN <br />. lUNG <br />.A$SOC1ATlON., <br />of Minnesota <br /> <br />+, <br /> <br />"1I~ <br />!rIm HealthPartners' <br /> <br />BlueCross BlueShield <br />of Minnesota <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />""........_altk....c........lIIooShlddAmdalion <br /> <br />t-MMA <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />COAlITlON <br /> <br />i The Human and Economic Costs of Tobacco in Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Health Fact Sheet, April 2, 2002, <br />~ttp:llwww.health.state.mn.usldivslhocdltoc/tobcosts.l.df. <br />II Secondhand Smoke, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fact Sheet, February 2004, <br />http://www.cdc..ov/tobacco/factsheetslsecondhandsmokefactsheet.htm. <br />ill Otsuka, Ry et al, "Acute Effects of Passive Smoking on the Coronary Circulation in Health Young Adults," JAMA <br />286:436-441 (2001). <br />i, Educate Yourself About Asthma, Minnesota Department of Health Fact Sheet, <br />htto:llwww.health.state.mn.usldivslhocdlcdeelasthmalEducateAsthma.httnl <br />'Hopkins DP, Bliss PA, Ricard CJ, Husten CG, Carande-Kulis VG, Fielding IE, et ale Reviews of evidence regarding <br />interventions to reduce tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2 suppl): 16- <br />66. <br /> <br />Resolution of Support - Individual <br />