On Monday, the 17th, members from our coalition in Manitowoc met with Assembly 2 Representative Andre Jacque at Subway in Mishicot. The meeting lasted over an hour, giving us an opportunity to discuss and educate Mr. Jacque about Tobacco Prevention. Topics included SmokeFree Air Law, Addiction, WI Wins, Other Tobacco Products (OTP's), Taxation, Funding, just to name a few. Members included a business owner, ex-smoker, high basketball coach, grant writer, a student along with Emily and Jason. Mr. Jacque was able to see and smell new OTP's and was shocked how many products are out there. He was also surprised to know that tobacco products are taxed at different rates (cigars vs. cigarettes). We also learned from Mr. Jacque, such as, his wife suffers from asthma and his sister was an active volunteer with WI Wins.
More to come about our visit with Andre Jacque in the next e-Update.
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