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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: President Dixon
At the request of: CASA Family Day c/o Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Chairman and President
Address: 633 Third Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10017
Telephone: 212-841-5260
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
September 26, 2005 - Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children
FOR the purpose of proclaiming the 4th Monday in September as Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children and urging all citizens of Baltimore to recognize the importance of family dinners and to participate in the celebration of this day by eating dinner with their children.
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The use of illegal drugs and the abuse of alcohol and nicotine constitute the greatest threats to the well being of America's children. The State Department of Education reports that 6.5% of 6th graders, 18.1% of 8th graders, and 20.2% of 12th graders in Baltimore City admitted to smoking cigarettes; and 15.9% of 6 graders, 36.3% of 8th graders, and 57.5% of 12th graders in Baltimore City drank some form of alcoholic beverage in the 2002-2003 school year.
Surveys conducted by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University have consistently found that the more often children and teenagers eat dinner with their families the less likely they are to smoke, drink, and use illegal drugs.
Statistics show that teenagers who virtually never eat dinner with their families are 72% more likely t...
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