dr. howard koh. thank you so much for joining us on this is the workday to honor the 50th anniversary of the surgeon general's report on smoking and health. to begin the program, it is my pleasure to introduce cecilia muÑoz, assistant to the president and director of the domestic policy council, the office which chordates domestic policymaking in the white house. prior to this role, she served as deputy assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs at the white house. before joining the obama administration, cecelia served as the community leader as senior vice president at the national council of la raza, the nation's latino civil rights organization. please join me in welcoming cecilia muÑoz. [applause] >> thank you so much. good morning, everybody. i should start by welcoming you all to the white house. this is a great day and we mark today the decades of public health research that have hermetically reduced tobacco use in this country. the commitment of those of you in this