State of Colorado: Governor Bill Ritter

Press Release - Sept 21, 2007

OFFICE OF GOV. BILL RITTER, JR.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FRIDAY, SEPT. 21, 2007

 

CONTACTS

Mark Salley, 303.692.2013

Evan Dreyer, 720.350.8370

 

GOV. RITTER & COLORADO MEDICAL OFFICER TO RELEASE NEW SMOKING-REDUCTION FIGURES

  

Gov. Bill Ritter and Colorado Chief Medical Officer Ned Calonge will release new figures Monday on the smoking rates for adults and youth in Colorado. The adult rate is the lowest since the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment began tracking the data in 1990.

 

WHAT:          News conference to release new smoking-rate reduction statistics for Colorado.

 

WHO:            Gov. Bill Ritter

                     Colorado Chief Medical Officer Ned Calonge

                     James Sullivan, Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Pikes Peak

 

WHEN:          10 a.m., Monday, Sept. 24, 2007

 

WHERE:       West Steps, State Capitol