Health care is vital to all of us some of the time, but public health is vital to all of us all of the time

I'd like to say let your kids go out and play. Then I'd say you're not going to do that are you? Make your kids go out and play.

At a time when we are pleading with foreign governments to stop the export of cocaine, it is the height of hypocrisy for the United States to export tobacco.

There have been some good studies done in California with Hispanic parents where in the course of a year, they have changed their entire nutritional intake for the better. The kid becomes, in a sense, the bridge between the educational process and the home.

The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.

If you want to say how can we step into childhood and make it better for them, I would start at the activity level. I'd like to say let your kids go out and play.

Cigarette smoking is clearly identified as the chief, preventable cause of death in our society.