Become a member of the Advocacy Network and use a simple online form to send the PERS Investment Committee a message today. And once you're a member, you'll receive an email each time we issue an Action Alert. All you have to do is 'Reply' and your message is emailed or faxed directly to your district representative or other targeted official. Tobacco investments send the wrong message to the public, especially to young people. On the one hand, the state is spending considerable sums to reduce tobacco use, and on the other hand the state's largest pension fund is profitting from the sale of tobacco.
Tobacco is California's number one cause of death.
More than 40,000 people die each year in this state, or about 115 each and every day. Please stop doing business and supporting the companies that manufacture and promote the products that cause this devastation.