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Category Archives: Tobacco-Free Youth Group
Tobacco Prevention, Everyone’s Doing It
By Tessa Schwake | Tobacco prevention happens on a local, national, and global level. From Youth Leadership Day to World No Tobacco Day, everyone can bring an end to tobacco use.
High Schoolers are “Threw with Chew”
By Geri Buelow On Wednesday, February 21, 2013, area high school Youth Tobacco Prevention groups from all over Delaware County let their peers know that smokeless tobacco kills. Youth Tobacco Prevention is a youth-led, anti-tobacco group, that has chapters at West … Continue reading
Local Youth Got the Truth Out About Tobacco
Everyday in the US, 1200 people die from tobacco use and many are effected by secondhand smoke. The local youth tobacco groups want to bring that number to zero. So they worked hard to host events in their schools to get … Continue reading
Posted in Substance Abuse, Tobacco, Tobacco-Free Youth Group
Tagged Prevention, students take action, take action, tobacco, youth
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Fayette County Tobacco Coalition to Meet in West Union
Do you want to be a part of something great? The Fayette County Tobacco Coalition is busy working to reduce secondhand smoke exposure, and building youth interest in tobacco related concerns. They are also, promoting cessations opportunities for individuals who … Continue reading
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JEL encouraged parents to sign a smoke free pledge
West Delaware JEL members set up a table at parent teacher conferences at Lambert this week. They encouraged parents to sign a smoke free pledge stating “I pledge to protect my children from the health risks from secondhand smoke by … Continue reading
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Ed-Co JEL Ends The Year By Making A Scene
Last week traffic slowed and drivers craned their necks to see what was happening in front of Edgewood-Colesburg Junior Senior High School. Dressed in shirts that said “1200 Dead….and that’s just today. Thanks Big Tobacco,” the Ed-Co JEL group created … Continue reading
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Allamakee County JEL Students Conduct Successful Kick Butts Day Events
Kick Butts Day was a huge success in Allamakee County this year. Lansing, Postville, and Waukon JEL (Just Eliminate Lies) students worked very hard to raise community awareness on the facts surrounding Big Tobacco. This event taught Allamakee County JEL … Continue reading
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March 2009 Kick Butt’s Day at Turkey Valley High School
Students and staff at Turkey Valley Community School along with members of Just Eliminate Lies (JEL), Iowa’s youth-led anti-tobacco group celebrated Kick Butts Day on Wednesday, March 25th. Kick Butts Day is a student driven event whose purpose is to … Continue reading
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Just Eliminate Lies Creates Crime Scene at Oelwein High School
Oelwein, Iowa –Wednesday after school members of Just Eliminate Lies (JEL), Iowa’s youth-led anti-tobacco group, created a crime scene complete with police tape, body outlines and evidence markers at Oelwein High School. The street marketing event was intended to expose … Continue reading
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