Reality Check Youth from Waterloo and Clyde-Savannah High Schools joined other youth from around the state for the annual Youth Summit 7/16-7/18. Youth spent Tuesday and Wednesday having fun and learning skills for educating the public about the harms of tobacco marketing.
On Thursday, the youth participated in a day of Guerilla Activism at Lakeland Park in Cazenovia. Life-size displays of mini-golf, a birthday cake, crayons, an ice cream truck, and a claw game were altered to display the tobacco marketing that youth are exposed to on a daily basis. Youth threw a “13th Birthday Party,” using a cake with candles made to look like cigarettes, to demonstrate that the average age of a new smoker is 13. At the claw game, the candy was matched up with e-liquid flavors.
Several media outlets picked up the story, and videos from the event can be viewed using the links below.
https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-teens-rally-against-tobacco-marketing_20180712213148/1298982939
Tobacco Action Coalition of the Finger Lakes (TACFL)
January 15th
Truth InitiativeMore than two-thirds – 68% – of young current e-cigarette users surveyed agreed vaping should be a thing of the past in 2021 according to our recent survey. Learn how #ThisisQuitting is helping more than 235,000 young people on their quitting journey. truthinitiative.org/thisisquitting ... See MoreSee Less
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Tobacco Action Coalition of the Finger Lakes (TACFL)
January 12th
TobaccoFreeNYSIn NY, menthol cigarettes are used by over half of all adult smokers (52%).
#TheProblemWithMenthol
#NoMenthol
Menthol is a flavor, the most popular flavor.
Tobacco Control #saveslivessavesmoney
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Tobacco Action Coalition of the Finger Lakes (TACFL)
January 7th
2021 is the year to quit smoking!
Check out the link below for some tips!
#QuitDontSwitch #TobaccoFreeGeneration #PeopleOverProfit
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