Proc. 7378 Title 3--The President and strengthen their commitment to recycling and buying recycled-content and environmentally preferable products. The Federal Government now purchases more than $350 million in recycled-content products annually-- an increase of $112 million a year, or 30 percent, from iust a decade ago. America Recycles Day helps us to build on this progress by uniting envi- ronmental and community organizations, business and industry, and agen- cies at all levels of government as partners in the vital effort to keep recy- cling working. By encouraging every business and consumer in America to start or enhance recycling efforts and to buy recycled-content products, we can sustain our economy, improve our environment, and preserve our pre- cious natural resources for the sake of generations to come. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM }. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitu- tion and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 15, 2000, as America Recycles Day. I urge all Americans to observe this day with ap- propriate ceremonies and activities and to take personal responsibility for the environment not only by recycling, but also by choosing to purchase and use products made from recycled materials. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the Independ- ence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. WILLIAM J. CLINTON Proclamation 7378 of November 15, 2000 National Great American Smokeout Day, 2000 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation In the 24 years since the American Cancer Society organized the first Great American Smokeout, our country has made encouraging progress in our battle to reduce the devastating human and economic toll that tobacco products take on our society. Today we have a more comprehensive under- standing of the dangers of tobacco use and the sophisticated marketing tac- tics used by tobacco companies, and we have developed more effective methods for helping people break their addiction to tobacco products. Despite the progress we have made, tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable death in our Nation, with more than 400,000 casualties from tobacco-related illness each year. Since the first report of the Surgeon Gen- eral on smoking and health was issued in 1964, 10 million Americans have died from causes attributed to smoking. More than 50 million Americans are currently addicted to tobacco. Every day, another 3,000 young Ameri- cans become regular smokers; of these, nearly 1,000 will die prematurely. A recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health has shown that young people become addicted to nicotine much more quickly than we pre- viously thought. Adolescents who smoke as infrequently as once a month still experience symptoms of addiction. That is why my Administration has urged the Congress to raise the tax on cigarettes and grant authority to the 2O6
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