Item 12 - Philip Morris Stock
Jur:] 4th - 1 9 9 6
VI- IV- XIXXCVI
Ladies and gentlemen;
members of the city council;
My name is tom arena, I'm from San Diego.
I CO~lli HERE TONIGHT IN THE HOPE THAT I CAN CONVINCE YOU T}lliT HOLDING
PHILIP MORElS STOCK, IS NOT IN TH= BEST INTEREST OF YOUR CITIZlli,S
IN YOUE COM!":UNITY. I ':lOillillD IN A CORON'.rill'S Q1<'FICE j<'Of{ 2 YEARS
l:",ND YOU CAN BE SURE I 'VE S"R1<~~; IT ALL. I'VE REMOVED Lu~GS MID
HEARTS[ SO BADLY DAMAGED BY THE EFFECTS OF SMOKING, YOU COULDN'T
BE SURE THh'Y \~ERE LUNGS ANY MORE BECAUSE OF YEARS OF SMOKING.
I CAN'T UNDERSTfu"ID)HO\J IN GDOD CONSCIEi,CEC, KN01,JING ALL mAT YOU DO,
ABOUT \.JHAT TOBACCO DOES '1'0 'mE HUMAN BODY, HOI-! YOU CAN PUT TAX
DOLLARS INTO THE ',.rillY COMPANY 'clHO IS RESPOlTSABLE FOR THIS DAMAGE TO
HEALTH AND HUNAN LIFE, OF THE CITIZENS IN POwAY. BUT' 'l'HE ~10ST
II1FORTANT PART IS, ~RIS STUFF wE KNOW AS TOBACCO, HAS HOOKED
I'lliNY OF OURI YOUR CHILDREN AND \JILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AND CHEAT
'l'Hll1 OUT OF A HEALTHY LIFE, I KNOW YOU'D \IANT 'l'HEM TO HAVE.
HERE YOU HAVE A COMPANY ilHOSE PRODUCTS KILL PEOPLE, AND YET, "IITH
ALL THE DOLLARS PEOPLE SUCH AS YOURSELVES, INVEST IN THAT COMPANY,
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THIS SAME COMPANY WILL NOT SHARE IT'S PROFITS BACK WITH THE PEOPLE
WHOSE HEALTH AND LIVES THEY HAVE RUINED.
CERTAINLY, IF YOU WANT TO BE LOOKED UPON AS A POSATIVE ROLL MODEL
TO THE CHILDREN IN YOUR COMI'lUNITY, HOLDING STOCK IN THE VF-RY
COr".PANY THAT CHEATS THE CHILDREN OUT QJ<' A GOOD HEALTHY LIFE,
CAN HARDLY BE REGARDED AS GOOD .?OSATlVE LEADERS AND ROLL nODELS.
I'M SURE THERE MUST BE MA~~ BETTER COMPANIES YOU CAN IlfVEST YOUR
DOLLARS IN AND NOT JEOPARDISE 'I'HE HEALTH _,un) LIVES OFl'HE GOOD
PEOPLE IN POwAY, INCLUDING YOUH CHILDREN. SO I ASK YOU, PLEASE,
PLEASE HECONSIDER YOUR INVESTMENT IN l)HILIP MORRIS. 'i.l'j1J CONSIDER
2HIS, ALSO, PHILIP HORBIS NOV PLU,S TO GIVE $225 nILLION DOLLARS
'::'0 A RESEARCH LAB. WELL[, IF THb-Y HAVE THAT KIND OF 1':OlJEY 'ro GIVE
AWAY. \.JHY DON'T THEY SHARE IT \!ITH COMl'1UlITTIES SUCH AS YOURS,
TO }~ COVER THE MEDICAL COSTS FOR THE DJ~_GE TO HEALTH A1~ LIFE,
THEY ARE RESPONSABLE FOR ?
I'LL TELL YOU w~, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT THE HEALTH A}ID
LIVES OF THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE RUINED. THE YEARS OF SUFFERING BY THE
FAI1ILIES OF SMOKERS \1H0 ARE NO'..J DEAD.
SO, AGAIN, I COME BEFORE YOU TO PLEAIl AND BEG IF I MUST, PLEASE,
please get rid of philip morris, YOU DON'T NEED HIM IN POWAY.
YOU HAVE MANY BETTER PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY THEN PHILIP MORRIS,
INCLUDING ALL YOUR CHILDREN.
I THANK YOU .B'OR LISTENING TO wHAT I HAVE '1'0 SAY ON 'rHIS I'lOST SERIOUS
ISSUE.
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Stop
Smoking?
Leading the Fight Against
Cardiovascular Disease
@ The number of people "ho are alive today
who will die from tobacco is 500,000,000.
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@ Three million peoplc dil' cach year
from smoking.
@ If thc trend continues, tCII million
people will be dying each) car by thc
year 2020.
@ 5% of the world's "Olllen lin in the lI.S.,
but 50% of the world's "olllcn dying
from smoking live in the II.S,
@ Help protect all children.
You've made some serious
.
prolDlSes.
We want to help you keep them.
Thank You,
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Please don't smoke in you vehicle
when children are present.
Tom B. Arena
Schoolsite Education Volunteer
'# 1; I promise not to -llllloke .
# 2; I promise not to be a Virginia Slilll.
# 3. I promise not to be like Joe Camel. " -
proaUse to take better care ot rrq beal tb. ....
# 4' I .-
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# 6;
I prolll1se to encourage and belp
do 'as I am doing to take better
ot tbelDBelves.
I promise to be good to rrq beart . No junk roods,
NO drugs . lots ot exersize . eat rigbt.
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otbers
care
# 5;
All this, I proaUse to do tor rrqsel! and
otbers, rrq family.
Signed
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