These are very, very significant changes.

All these activities have demonstrated that a comprehensive program reduces the burden of smoking on society.

Now we have 100 percent smoke-free campuses.

Good data is the foundation of a good public health program.

What you don't see, for instance, is the data we collect from surveys -- who smokes, and what their attitudes are.

Of all the fictions we heard last week in Tampa, the one I find most troubling is this: If we all just go our own way, our nation will be stronger for it. Because if we sever the threads that connect us, the only people who will go far are those who are already ahead.