Sent to me from CASA. See the full report.

September 2, 2003

Dear Friend:

Here is a copy of the most recent report of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University: The Importance of Family Dinners. This report is part of the launch of Family Day: A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children to be celebrated on September 22, 2003. The report finds that the more often children have dinner with their parents, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use illegal drugs. A troubling finding of the report is that from ages 12 to 17, the proportion of teens who have regular family dinners drops by 50 percent as their substance abuse risk increases sevenfold.

It is my pleasure to report that President George W. Bush has declared September 22, 2003 to be Family Day. We are also launching a new public service awareness campaign for Family Day, including television spots featuring Former First Lady Barbara Bush--and her son the President--and radio spots featuring actress Jamie Lee Curtis as well as subway and bus posters and movie theatre slides promoting Family Day.

To view this report and for more information about Family Day, please visit our website.

Sincerely,

Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

Posted by Susan at 9/05/2003 03:34:14 PM | Link