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Students Working Against Tobacco (S.W.A.T.) Murphy, Vigor and Satsuma High School Students have formed peer helper groups to teach elementary and middle school students about the dangers of tobacco. They are also making there voices heard in local governments, advocating for a tobacco free Mobile.
Murphy S.W.A.T. Students at Mobile City Council Meeting to promote a higher tax on all tobacco products to reduce youth tobacco use.
Alabama Youth Summit February2003
Murphy, Vigor and Satsuma High S.W.A.T. students went on a field trip to the Alabama Youth Summit in Montgomery to learn about tobacco advocacy.
Murphy S.W.A.T. students participate in WABB Teen Talk Radio.
Murphy S.W.A.T. visits Hankins and St.Pius Middle School. With interactive activities, they illustrate the hazards of tobacco use.
The hand held smoker illustrates the amount of tar in just one cigarette and the dangers of secondhand smoke.
Lung tissue samples illustrate tobacco's deadly effects on the lungs. Lung cancer and emphysema samples are shown to the students.
Mobile Middle School students participate in Murphy High and School of Math and Science assembly with Patrick Reynolds to learn about youth tobacco and advertising. 2003 Summer Peer Helper Training. Murphy, Satsuma and Vigor High School students attend a 3 day training at Murphy High School and Camp Beckwith.
Students learn about the dangers of tobacco, anti-tobacco advocacy issues, peer helping and presentations skills.
Students learn about the physical consequences of tobacco use and all the parts of the body that it effects. S.W.A.T. at Camp Beckwith
Leadership and communication skills were the focus of Camp Beckwith's Challenge by Choice Course.
Kick Butts Day April 2003
Murphy S.W.A.T., Providence Hospital and the Legacy Foundation's TATU (Teens Against Tobacco Use) and NOT (Not on Tobacco) participants encourage youth and adults at the Bel-Air Mall to take the Tobacco Free Pledge.
Coalition for a Tobacco Free Mobile Community Activities Mobile Washington Choctaw Band Indian Pow-Wow June 2003
Tobacco: Use It in a Sacred Way
The Coalition for a Tobacco Free Mobile provided the Native American Indians with anti-tobacco literature to make aware of the physical consequences of the Non-traditional use of tobacco.
Woodcock Elementary School Participates In The National KICK BUTTS DAY 2000!
Fifth graders at Woodcock Elementary used straws to simulate the labored breathing a smoker experiences. Kindergarten students participated in an "ugly face" activity making their best ugly face at the damage tobacco does to the body.
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| Action on Smoking and Health http://www.ash.org/ American Heart
Association Americans for Nonsmoker's
Environmental Protection
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American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/ American Lung
Association Campaign for
Tobacco- Food and Drug
Administration Smoke Screen ACTION
U.S. Department of Health
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Americans with Disabilities Act www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm American Medical
Association Centers for Disease
Control & Join Together
Online Tobacco Control
Archives Substance Abuse &
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| Alabama Alabama Department For Public Health http://www.alapubhealth.org/ Florida Clean Indoor Air
Act Truth Ad
Campaign (Youth) Georgia Kentucky
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Mississippi Mississippi State Department of Health http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/ North
Carolina South
Carolina Greenville Family
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Tennessee Tennessee Department of Health www.state.tn.us/health Virginia
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Tobacco Prevention Events | |
Kick Butts Day |
April (Annually) |
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World No Tobacco Day |
May 31st (Annually) |
| http://www.who.ch/worldnotobacco/teaser.htm | |
Great American Smokeout |
3rd Thursday in November (Annually) |
| http://www.cancer.org/ | |
American Heart Month |
February 2004 |
| National Child
Passenger
Safety Awareness |
February 2004 |
| National Nutrition Month | March 2004 |
| National Poison Prevention Week | March 2004 |
| Alcohol Awareness Month | April 2004 |
| Cancer Month | April 2004 |
| Alcohol-Free Weekend | April 2004 |
| Public Health Week | April 2004 |
| World Health Day | April 2004 |
| National
Minority Cancer
Awareness Week |
April 2004 |
| Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week | May 2004 |
| Breathe Easy Month | May 2004 |
| National SAFE KIDS Week | May 2004 |
| World No Tobacco Day | May 2004 |
| National 5 a Day Week | September 2004 |
| Child Health Month | October 2004 |
| Health Lung Month | October 2004 |
| National Fire Prevention Week | October 2004 |
| National Red Ribbon Celebration | October 2004 |
| Great American Smokeout | November 2004 |
| National Drunk and Drugger
Driving (3D) Prevention Month |
December 2004 |
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