Summary

Remarks prior to a Roundtable Discussion on Teenage Smoking Clinton transcript: “Well, good morning Ladies and gentlemen, today I have brought together medical experts and children who have taken a pledge against smoking to talk about our common commitment to ending youth smoking This issue is critical to our efforts to improve the health of our Nation According to the Center for Disease Control, of the 2 million Americans who will die in 1995, over 400,000 of them will have conditions related to smoking Later today, I will announce my strategy for combating this problem based on one simple idea: We should do everything we possibly can to keep tobacco out of the hands of our young people in the United States Now I'd like to call on Shana Bailey, who is a 12-year-old from Florida who's part of a successful program that teaches students how and why they should stay smoke-free”

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 271982
Story Slug President Bill Clinton / Tobacco Teenagers (1995)
Location WASHINGTON, DC
Format TVD
Date 08/10/1995
Archive Time 4:23:58
TRT 3:27
Supers President Bill Clinton Shana Baily Morgan
Video Description President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore enter the Oval Office, children gathered in office, Clinton makes statement, child speaks to the President
Description Remarks prior to a Roundtable Discussion on Teenage Smoking Clinton transcript: “Well, good morning Ladies and gentlemen, today I have brought together medical experts and children who have taken a pledge against smoking to talk about our common commitment to ending youth smoking This issue is critical to our efforts to improve the health of our Nation According to the Center for Disease Control, of the 2 million Americans who will die in 1995, over 400,000 of them will have conditions related to smoking Later today, I will announce my strategy for combating this problem based on one simple idea: We should do everything we possibly can to keep tobacco out of the hands of our young people in the United States Now I'd like to call on Shana Bailey, who is a 12-year-old from Florida who's part of a successful program that teaches students how and why they should stay smoke-free”
Script (SUGGESTED TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO) 00:12 Good morning, 00:16 ladies and gentlemen, today I have brought together medical experts and children who've taken a pledge against smoking to talk about our common commitment to ending youth smoking 00:28 This issue is critical to our efforts to improve the health of our nation According to for the to the Center for Disease Control of the 2 million Americans who will die in 1995 00:40 over 400,000 of them will have conditions related to smoking 00:46 Later today, I will announce my strategy for combating this problem based on one simple idea, 00:53 we should do everything we possibly can to keep tobacco out of the hands of our young people in the United States 01:02 Now I'd like to call on Shana Bailey, who's a 12 year old from Florida, who's part of a successful program that teaches students how and why they should stay smoke free Shana, on behalf of 01:18 the smoke free class of 2000 I would like to present you with these T shirts, and we would all like you to know that we support and applaud your actions to discourage young people from smoking Thank you 01:32 Thank you very much, 01:34 Morgan Where's Morgan? 01:37 Well, I just like you to tell I'd like to tell you a story about my brother and I, 01:43 we've been buying cigarettes from vending machines for the last five years We we hate the idea of smoking, and then we go and testify for bans against cigarette vending machines, and the tobacco lobbyists has stopped us every year 02:01 So this is our chance to finally get something through, because you you have the big choice, 02:09 and I think everybody in this room agrees with me 02:14 that you're being A great leader in doing this Thank you 02:22 Thank bridden Of the 2 million Americans who will die in 1995 03:05 over four based on one simple idea, 03:08 we should do everything we possibly can, 03:12 and then we go and testify for bands against cigarette Well, thank you Thank 03:22 you
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