MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN COLORADO'S HEALTH BY DONATING TO CTEPA TODAY

"Today's teenager is tomorrow's regular customer, and the overwhelming majority of smokers first begin to smoke while in their teens...it is during the teenage years that the initial brand choice is made."

(Phillip Moris, "Special Report, "March 31, 1981, Philip Morris Document #1000390803155)

The tobacco industry spends $212 million dollars in Colorado annually marketing a product that addicts and kills 4,200 Coloradoans every year.  They have skilled lobbyists who aggressively lobby legislators with one agenda: to fight any legislation that would curtail tobacco use. 

The good news is that even with Big Tobacco's endless resources, the tide is turning. CTEPA is the group that initiated the Amendment 35 Campaign, which raised the tobacco tax in Colorado.  We have also assisted numerous communities throughout Colorado in passing many smoke-free ordinances.  Our grassroots support has moved mountains, demonstrating that we can fight the industry and win.

You can make a real difference in the lives of Colorado citizens, especially youth, by supporting CTEPA.  Your contribution will help CTEPA to:

(1) educate Coloradans about the dangers of secondhand smoke and assist local communities throughout the state in their campaigns to pass smoke-free ordinances; (2) lead the passage of a comprehensive, statewide clean indoor air law; and (3) ensure that the new tobacco tax revenue is used as intended to help support comprehensive tobacco prevention programs.

Please help us fight Big Tobacco and protect our families by contributing to CTEPA today.  With your help, we will continue to move mountains in Colorado and make this a healthier community for all of us.

All donations are tax deductible.

Help make Colorado the next smoke-free state!