Tuesday, April 19, 2011
One-Hundredth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date:
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 94 offered by Representative Marklein.
Assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2 offered by Representative Clark.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 30
Relating to: the life and public service of John E. McCormick.
By
Representatives Richards, Kessler, Sinicki, Turner, D. Cullen, Grigsby, Staskunas and Ziegelbauer.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 31
Relating to: creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration).
By
Representatives Petrowski, Endsley, Knilans, Farrow, Kestell, Jacque, Ziegelbauer, Nygren, Nerison, Spanbauer, T. Larson, Petryk, Thiesfeldt, LeMahieu, Kleefisch, Strachota, Ballweg, Steineke, Bies, Kaufert, Brooks, Williams, Van Roy, Tranel, Klenke, Kerkman, Rivard, Honadel, Jorgensen and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Hopper, Lazich, Olsen, Schultz, Leibham, Harsdorf and Hansen.
To committee on Transportation.
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
April 19, 2011
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Department of Health Services is pleased to submit the 2010 Annual Report to the Governor and the Legislature on the Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Control Program (TPCP). The report is required by Wisconsin Statute s.
252.01 (11).
Tobacco contributes to the deaths of 8,000 Wisconsin citizens every year and costs the state nearly $4 billion in annual health care costs and lost worker productivity. The TPCP is responsible for providing leadership, facilitating diverse partnerships, and administrating funding and prevention program activities. The TPCP continues to invest in evidence-based strategies within a comprehensive effort to effectively reduce tobacco use and exposure.
Wisconsin continued its success during 2010 in preventing youth tobacco use and promoting tobacco addiction treatment, eliminating tobacco-related disparities and eliminating exposure to secondhand smoke.
Every dollar invested in the state's comprehensive tobacco control program yields dividends in health care savings. Tobacco use contributes to the deaths of more people each year in Wisconsin than alcohol, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), car crashes, illegal drug use, murder and suicide combined. The work of the TPCP and its partners will continue to reduce the burden of tobacco in Wisconsin.
Sincerely,
Dennis G. Smith
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health.
