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Stoughton Student Blasts Some Tobacco Industry Tactics During Rally
Mar 24, 2011
Wicked Local - Stoughton Journal
March 24, 2011
STOUGHTON — Youngsters from Students Against Destructive Decisions, a program of Stoughton High School, participated in the Kick Butts Day Event held at the Massachusetts State House.
Melanie McFayden of Stoughton presented information on underhanded tobacco industry tactics.
SADD is part of the 84 Movement that helps mobilize youth to take action to protect their communities from the influence of the tobacco industry.
In addition to curbing youth tobacco use, this year’s Kick Butts Day activities focused on the underhanded tactics that the tobacco industry uses to target youth. The event also celebrated the work being done across Massachusetts to limit youth access to tobacco products. Youth highlighted the increasing number of cheap, youth-friendly “other tobacco products,” such as candy flavored dissolvable tobacco, that are found in their communities.
In all more than 250 SADD members from across the state participated in the youth-led program and training. Following the training, they marched to the State House to meet with elected officials and attended an event with Commissioner of the Department of Public Health John Auerbach and state representatives.
Immediately prior to the event, students presented a poster to legislators that documented their research around the influence of Big Tobacco in their community.
The84 Movement is managed by Health Resources in Action and funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program. For information, visit www.The84.org or www.makesmokinghistory.org.
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Wicked Local - Stoughton Journal
March 24, 2011
STOUGHTON — Youngsters from Students Against Destructive Decisions, a program of Stoughton High School, participated in the Kick Butts Day Event held at the Massachusetts State House.
Melanie McFayden of Stoughton presented information on underhanded tobacco industry tactics.
SADD is part of the 84 Movement that helps mobilize youth to take action to protect their communities from the influence of the tobacco industry.
In addition to curbing youth tobacco use, this year’s Kick Butts Day activities focused on the underhanded tactics that the tobacco industry uses to target youth. The event also celebrated the work being done across Massachusetts to limit youth access to tobacco products. Youth highlighted the increasing number of cheap, youth-friendly “other tobacco products,” such as candy flavored dissolvable tobacco, that are found in their communities.
In all more than 250 SADD members from across the state participated in the youth-led program and training. Following the training, they marched to the State House to meet with elected officials and attended an event with Commissioner of the Department of Public Health John Auerbach and state representatives.
Immediately prior to the event, students presented a poster to legislators that documented their research around the influence of Big Tobacco in their community.
The84 Movement is managed by Health Resources in Action and funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program. For information, visit www.The84.org or www.makesmokinghistory.org.
Copyright 2011 Stoughton Journal. Some rights reserved
http://www.wickedlocal.com/stoughton/archive/x911070213/Stoughton-studen...
