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OCR Page 1 of 20THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 28, 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF
FROM:
Bruce Reed
SUBJECT:
Meeting with ENACT
Secretary Shalala will join you for your meeting with ENACT. This list of group
participants will be:
Matthew Myers, Vice President and General Counsel, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Bill Novelli, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Marilyn Hunn, Chairman of the Board, American Heart Association
Dr. Joel Alpert, President-Elect, American Academy of Pediatrics
Dr. John Seffrin, CEO, American Cancer Society
Rich Deem, Vice President of Federal Affairs, American Medical Association
Dr. D. Robert McCaffree, President, American College of Chest Physicians
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, American College of Preventive Medicine
Dr. Bob Graham, CEO, American Academy of Family Physicians
Jud Richland, Executive Director, Partnership for Prevention
Tom Milne, Executive Director, National Association of City and County Health Officials
Diane Canova, Vice-President, American Heart Association; Chair, ENACT Coalition
As you know, ENACT is a coalition of public health groups interested in the youth smoking
issue. These groups are generally more moderate than Drs. Koop and Kessler; indeed, Campaign
for Tobacco-Free Kids was intimately involved in the negotiations that led to the June 20th
settlement. Like the Administration, ENACT is generally supportive of the McCain bill, but
would like to see some improvements to it. In a recent Washington Post op-ed piece, Matt
Myers called for: a price increase of $1.50 per pack, tougher lookback penalties, a stronger
environmental tobacco smoke provision, and sufficient funding for public health purposes
(cessation, prevention, counteradvertising, etc.).
You should use the meeting to make three points: (1) that they must keep insisting on a
comprehensive approach with the McCain bill as the vehicle, so that Speaker Gingrich and others
know that a piecemeal or "skinny" bill will not fly; (2) that we have to set priorities, and be
reasonable in our demands, so that we do not kill the chances for good legislation; and (3) that
this is a make-or-break time, and we need them to pull out all the stops on the Hill and at the
grass roots. You can say:
You have played a tremendous role in keeping the pressure on Congress to pass
comprehensive tobacco legislation designed to reduce youth smoking, and you should be
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