deathsperyear = 63000;

now = new Date();
begin = eval('new Date("January 1, 2009")');
minutes = Math.floor((now.getTime() - begin.getTime()) / (1000 * 60));
deaths=Math.floor(minutes*(deathsperyear / 365 / 24  / 60));

function scrollit_r2l(seed) {
msg =("Over " + deaths + " Americans have died so far this year (2009) due to secondhand tobacco smoke!");

        var out = " ";
        var c   = 1;
        if (seed > 100) {
                seed--;
                var cmd="scrollit_r2l(" + seed + ")";
                timerTwo=window.setTimeout(cmd,100);
        }
        else if (seed <= 100 && seed > 0) {
                for (c=0 ; c < seed ; c++) {
                        out+=" ";
                }
                out+=msg;
                seed--;
                var cmd="scrollit_r2l(" + seed + ")";
                    window.status=out;
                timerTwo=window.setTimeout(cmd,100);
        }
        else if (seed <= 0) {
                if (-seed < msg.length) {
                        out+=msg.substring(-seed,msg.length);
                        seed--;
                        var cmd="scrollit_r2l(" + seed + ")";
                        window.status=out;
                        timerTwo=window.setTimeout(cmd,100);
                }
                else {
                        window.status=" ";
                        timerTwo=window.setTimeout("scrollit_r2l(100)",75);
                }
        }
}