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NEW SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORT CALLS ON LOUISIANA TO MAKE THE NEXT GENERATION TOBACCO-FREE
Almost one quarter of Louisiana high school students smoke cigarettes
The leadership of The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL) was greatly concerned by a critical report released today that highlights prevention efforts and the negative effects tobacco use and tobacco marketing has on our youth today.
Almost 50 years after the landmark 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on tobacco, Dr. Regina Benjamin, United States Surgeon General, released a new report and called on the nation to make the next generation tobacco-free. According to the report, Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults, far too many youth and young adults are using tobacco. Today more than 600,000 middle school students and 3 million high school students smoke cigarettes. In Louisiana alone, an estimated 15 percent of middle school and 23.6 percent of high school students smoke.
Each day more than 1,200 people die due to smoking. For every one of those deaths, at least two new youths or young adults become regular smokers. And 90 percent of these replacement smokers smoke their first cigarette before they turn age 18.
Read More >>400 Louisiana Teens Expected to Attend 5th Annual Youth & Young Adult Summit on Tobacco Advocacy
More than four hundred Louisiana middle, high school and college students are expected to participate in the fifth annual Youth and Young Adult Summit on Tobacco Advocacy on Saturday, March 3, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Dillard University Professional Schools Building (2601 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans).
Read More >>$460,000 in Community Advocacy Grants Available From The Louisiana Campaign For Tobacco-Free Living
The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL), an affiliated program of LPHI, announced today the availability of up to $460,000 in Community Advocacy Grants (CAGs) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-2013.
TFL CAGs, along with other TFL program elements, play an important role in changing community norms around tobacco use and perceptions of the tobacco industry. In order to promote smoke-free policies and decrease other tobacco use in Louisiana, these grants have been designed to reach key priority populations while assisting in the implementation of effective and evidence-based practices in tobacco prevention and control.
The TFL CAGs are available for nonprofit agencies, organized groups, 2- and 4-year colleges/universities and/or coalitions throughout Louisiana that have experience with advocacy, reducing health disparities, service industry employees, including entertainers and bar/gaming facility employees, college students and youth. The application is located on the TFL website, www.tobaccofreeliving.org, and submissions are due by 12 p.m. on March 8, 2012.
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