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All meetings of these committees are open to the common public and supply opportunities for stakeholder suggestions. Research has shown that progress to prevent initiation and promote cessation in comprehensive packages is reversed when funding is not sustained. In 2012, cigarette and smokeless tobacco firms spent greater than $9.6 billion, greater than $1 million per hour that year, on advertising and promotional expenses within the United States to attract new users, retain current customers, enhance consumption, and generate favorable attitudes toward smoking. We additionally anticipate application of the new CAUTI definition, which went into effect January 1, 2015, to the APG data we will report in subsequent quarters. Because our baseline CAUTI SIR was calculated utilizing the old CAUTI definition, a technique to ensure continuity and validity of recent SIR data throughout this goal has been established. The CDC will assemble a brand new SIR by applying the brand new CAUTI defin