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North Carolina State Proclamation for Establishing
November as COPD Awareness Month
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CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH

2003

BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

A PROCLAMATION

       WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina has long been concerned with the health of its citizens; and

       WHEREAS, chronic lung diseases, known collectively as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are the fourth leading cause of death in the United States; and

       WHEREAS, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases cost the United States an estimated $31.9 billion a year; and

       WHEREAS, 16 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with some form of COPD, with a similar number under diagnosed; and

       WHEREAS, awareness, early detection and treatment are crucial in the prevention or slowing of the spread of lung disease in this country; and

       WHEREAS, the citizens of North Carolina deserve the opportunity to grow, thrive, be healthy and be informed and aware of their respiratory health, and of the factors that affect that health;

       NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim November 2003, as “CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH” in North Carolina, and urge all citizens to help raise awareness about the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the serious effects associated with the disease.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-sixth day of September in the year of our Lord two thousand and three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.

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