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Senator Guth urges colleagues to visit Iowa Health Initiative advocacy event on tobacco reduction
Summary
Senator Guth announced the Iowa Health Initiative's advocacy day from 2–4 p.m. in the rotunda to press for reduced smoking and nicotine use, citing that tobacco accounts for 31% of all cancer deaths statewide and urging members to learn more at the event.
Senator Guth, the senator from Hancock, told the Senate the Iowa Health Initiative will hold an advocacy event in the rotunda from 2 to 4 p.m. focused on reducing smoking and nicotine use.
Guth framed tobacco as a leading public-health threat in the state, saying, "Tobacco is responsible for 31 percent of all cancer deaths statewide," and urged colleagues to stop by to review materials and discuss strategies for reducing tobacco-related cancer and disease. The announcement was invitational; no formal legislation or vote was presented during the remarks.
The item functioned as a public-health outreach notice to lawmakers and the public; no committee action or funding decision was recorded in the transcript.
