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North Quincy Youth Selected to Recieve Grant to Fight Big Tobacco
Nov 10, 2011
The Quincy Sun
November 10, 2011
QUINCY - North Quincy SADD of North Quincy High School has been awarded a $2,000 grant from The 84 movement to work on an initiative to assess youth and adult perceptions of the price and packaging of other tobacco products, such as dissolvable tobacco.
North Quincy SADD is part of The 84 Movement, which helps mobilize youth to take action to protect their communities from the influence of the tobacco industry. The grant is one of fifteen awarded to youth groups from across the Commonwealth who are committed to fighting Big Tobacco in their neighborhoods and schools.
"Smoking is the number one preventable cause of disease and death in Massachusetts and in the world today, and we want our young people to realize that they have the power and the creativity to help prevent a new generation of peple from becoming addicted to tobacco," said Alejandro Rivera, Director of Impact Quincy.
The 84 movement is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program and is managed by Health Resources in Action.
For more information on the work being done to combat Big Tobacco around the State, visit www.makesmokinghistory.org and www.The84.org.
Funded by the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program, the Greater Boston Tobacco-Free Community Partnership serves as a resource for local coalitions, health and human service agencies, municipalities, and workplaces on tobacco intervention efforts.
For more information, call Jackie Doane (857-939-4528) or email jdoane@baystatecs.org.
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The Quincy Sun
November 10, 2011
QUINCY - North Quincy SADD of North Quincy High School has been awarded a $2,000 grant from The 84 movement to work on an initiative to assess youth and adult perceptions of the price and packaging of other tobacco products, such as dissolvable tobacco.
North Quincy SADD is part of The 84 Movement, which helps mobilize youth to take action to protect their communities from the influence of the tobacco industry. The grant is one of fifteen awarded to youth groups from across the Commonwealth who are committed to fighting Big Tobacco in their neighborhoods and schools.
"Smoking is the number one preventable cause of disease and death in Massachusetts and in the world today, and we want our young people to realize that they have the power and the creativity to help prevent a new generation of peple from becoming addicted to tobacco," said Alejandro Rivera, Director of Impact Quincy.
The 84 movement is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program and is managed by Health Resources in Action.
For more information on the work being done to combat Big Tobacco around the State, visit www.makesmokinghistory.org and www.The84.org.
Funded by the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program, the Greater Boston Tobacco-Free Community Partnership serves as a resource for local coalitions, health and human service agencies, municipalities, and workplaces on tobacco intervention efforts.
For more information, call Jackie Doane (857-939-4528) or email jdoane@baystatecs.org.
