; (2) high blood cholesterol; (3) smoking tobacco products; (4) exposure to tobacco smoke; (5) physical inactivity; (6) obesity; and (7) diabetes mellitus; Whereas an individual can greatly reduce the risk of CVD through lifestyle modification coupled with medical treatment when necessary; Whereas greater awareness and early detection of risk factors for CVD can improve and save the lives of thousands of individuals in the United States each year; Whereas under section 101(1) of title 36, United States Code, the President is requested to issue an annual proclamation designating February as American Heart Month; Whereas the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and many other organizations celebrate National Wear Red Day during February by going red to increase awareness about CVD as the leading killer of individuals in the United States; and Whereas, every year since 1964, the President has issued a proclamation designating the month of February as American Heart Month : Now, therefore, be it