•Per capita consumption is declining from 94 packs sold per capita in 1990 to 59 packs per capita in 2008.
Treating Tobacco Dependence
• 40,700 individuals called the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line (1-800-QUIT-NOW) in 2008, due in part to the state's tobacco tax increase and the availability of two-week supplies of no-cost nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). The 2008 call volume was more than four times the Quit Line's prior yearly average. Quit Line callers received free counseling in addition to the NRT. The UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) administers the program through funding from the TPCP.
• Since 2001, First Breath, a program of the Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation, has helped over 5,000 pregnant women quit smoking. This program, now a national model, integrates quitting strategies into existing prenatal care models and partners with local public health agencies and health care systems.
Smoke-Free Policies
•As of January 2009, 37 Wisconsin communities have passed local smoke-free air ordinances, nine of which include all workplaces. Twenty-four states, including Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa, have state-wide smoke-free air laws.
Tobacco use is a treatable addiction that kills more people each year in Wisconsin than alcohol, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), car crashes, illegal drug use, murder and suicide combined. Annually, over 7,200 Wisconsin residents die from smoking related illnesses, with an additional 850 deaths of non-smokers from secondhand smoke. The TPCP will continue to work to ensure that tobacco use in Wisconsin continues to decline, all citizens are protected from the health hazards of secondhand smoke, resources are available for people to stop using tobacco, and communities with tobacco disparities no longer suffer from higher rates of tobacco use and tobacco-related illnesses.
Sincerely,
karen e. timberlake
Secretary
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 13, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Berceau, Terese,
of Madison, as a member of the Council on Domestic Abuse, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010.
Respectfully Submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 9, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Boldt
, Thomas,
of Appleton, as a member of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2015.
Respectfully Submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
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Read and referred to committee on
Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 9, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Davis
, Stan,
of Sun Prairie, as a member of the Wisconsin Technical College System Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2015.
Respectfully Submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 9, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Levit, Jr., William,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2015.
Respectfully Submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 9, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Pruitt
, Chuck,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2016.
Respectfully Submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
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Relating to flammable, combustible, and hazardous liquids, and affecting small businesses.
Submitted by Department of Commerce.
Report received from Agency, April 22, 2009.
Referred to committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail, April 24, 2009
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Assembly Bill
18
Relating to: the income and franchise tax credit that supplements the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit.
By Representatives Shilling, Richards, Davis, Roys, Strachota, Molepske Jr., Ballweg, Roth, Barca, Petrowski, Vruwink, Nygren, Spanbauer, Berceau, Stone, Suder, Gunderson and A. Ott; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Lehman, Hopper, Risser, Harsdorf, Coggs, Erpenbach, Schultz, Hansen, Kedzie and Plale.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Assembly Bill
27
Relating to: the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest.
By Representatives Cullen, Zepnick, A. Williams, Sinicki, Staskunas, Gundrum, Kerkman, Ziegelbauer, Berceau, Townsend, Spanbauer, Vruwink, Strachota, Barca, Turner and Soletski; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Taylor, Sullivan, Coggs, Olsen, Lazich, A. Lasee, Darling and Plale.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
103
Relating to: authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation.
By Representatives Shilling, Danou, Mason, Pasch, Radcliffe, Garthwaite, Richards, Huebsch, Smith, Sherman, Clark, Young, Vukmir, Pope-Roberts, Milroy, Wood, Kerkman, Dexter, Hintz, Strachota, Soletski, Gunderson, Staskunas, Petersen, Davis, Black, Ballweg, Berceau, Kaufert, Hilgenberg, Molepske Jr., Townsend, Sinicki, Zipperer, A. Williams, Zepnick, Kleefisch, Hraychuck and Nass; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout, Lehman, Kapanke, Erpenbach, Hansen, Holperin, Kreitlow, Harsdorf, Darling, Taylor, Olsen, Schultz, Wirch, Plale, Robson, Lassa, Cowles and Grothman.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
