Tools for Preventing Youth Initiation
Facts Sheets
Reports and Surveys
Guides
Campus Quit Kits
Developed by the BACCHUS Network™ , this campus quit kits are perfect to hand out to students thinking about quitting smoking. Inside these boxes are a copy of the Journey of a Lifetime CD-ROM, It's Time To Think About Quitting booklet, information about cessation medication options, a stress relief bendy and a piece of candy for each day of the first week of quitting! An intake form in triplicate is also included to help you track and gather feed back from those students entering the quitting process.
I QUIT! What to do when your sick of smoking, chewing or dippin
A booklet written for young people that can help them quit smoking tobacco or using “spit” tobacco. Cleverly written and illustrated, the booklet originated with the Anne Arundel County Department of Health in Maryland.
Make Your Mark: Mobilizing Youth Against Tobacco in AAPI Communities
Make Your Mark was developed by APPEAL for youth who are interested in becoming tobacco control advocates, but are not sure where to start. This guide provides an overview of tobacco control issues and their impact on youth and AAPI communities, youth-friendly strategies for community organizing, developing and implementing action plans and getting resources and a toolbox including sample project ideas, an action plan worksheet and helpful internet resources.
MyTobaccoFreeSpace: A place for health
The new BACCHUS 2006 programming manual for the Collegiate Smokeout.
Smoke Free Movies 2008 Advocacy Toolkit
This Toolkit contains several documents designed to help you plan and execute press and grassroots advocacy activities in your community for the Smoke Free Movies 2008 International Week of Action. Activities begin on Monday, February 18 and end on Sunday, February 24,coinciding with the Academy Awards.
Step By Step - Student Tobacco Education Program
The S.T.E.P. by STEP Program is designed by the BACCHUS Network™ to give campuses a comprehensive, month-by-month guide to tobacco control for the college population.
Program Resources
American Legacy Foundation
The American Legacy Foundation is dedicated to building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit.
The BACCHUS Network™
A university and community based network focusing on comprehensive health and safety initiatives. It's mission is to actively promote student and young adult based, campus and community-wide leadership on healthy and safe lifestyle decisions concerning alcohol abuse, tobacco use, illegal drug use, unhealthy sexual practices and other high-risk behaviors.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
A youth smoking intervention organization
CDC - Youth Tobacco Prevention Resources (including Fact Sheets, Reports, Tip Sheets, Videos and Posters)
College Tobacco Prevention Resource
The College Tobacco Prevention Resource (CTPR) aims to provide practical information, ideas, and guidance to assist college leaders with planning, implementing, and evaluating effective campus tobacco policies and programs.
Consider Your Source
A campaign by the American Legacy Foundation that provides a counter-view to the tobacco industry messages.
Ignite
Ignite empowers the youth of America to hold the tobacco industry accountable at every level by directing public officials to act responsibly. Ignite engages in local and statewide advocacy for tobacco policy change, pressures politicians to reject campaign contributions from tobacco companies and their interests, informs voters of tobacco issues in key elections, and coordinates national political efforts.
Joe Chemo
This site allows visitors to test their "Tobacco IQ," get a personalized "Smoke-o-Scope," and send free Joe Chemo E-Cards. There is also information for teachers, anti-smoking activists, health care providers, journalists, and smokers who wish to quit.
Kick Butts Day
Kick Butts Day (KBD) is the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids' annual celebration of youth advocacy, leadership and activism. KBD is a day to stand out, speak up and seize control in the fight against tobacco. It is an important opportunity to raise awareness about the tobacco problem and support strong tobacco prevention policies. And don't forget, you can use your KBD materials to plan events and pitch them to the media any time of year.
Our Voices Exposed (OVX)
A youth-led organization dedicated to informing Vermont teens about big tobacco's marketing practices.
QuitDoingIt.com
A cessation media campaign sponsored by the State Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership of the Colorado Department of Public Health. The site encourages young adults to quit tobacco by offereing tools to help them quit: text messages with quitline information, cell phone wallpapers and ringtones, contests and events, etc.
Raze
In 2002, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and the West Virginia Department of Education started Raze, which has since helped thousands of students decide to stop smoking or never to start. Raze means to tear down or demolish (as in “tear down tobacco lies,” the group’s slogan).
Shards o' Glass
This company markets and sells ice cream popsicle sticks with a secret ingredient - shards of glass. Check out this clever and fun take on cigarette makers.
Teenquit
Teenquit provides help to teens who want to quit smoking. Its components include online support for teens in their efforts to quit smoking while they participate in the Adolescent Smoking Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco program (ASCENT), a multifaceted school-based intervention.
truth®
The truth® advertising campaign reaches teens through print, radio, the Internet and television, especially youth-oriented outlets such as MTV, the WB, and UPN. The truth® grassroots initiative gives teens the opportunity to spread the word about Big Tobacco in peer-to-peer settings. The summer grassroots initiative has reached thousands of youth since its inception in 2000.
TobaccofreeU.org
TobaccofreeU.org is the official BACCHUS website devoted to tobacco control with college and university campuses and young adults. You will find information about types of tobacco, policy change, data collection and evaluation, and sample campus and community programs.
Urban Fuel
The Clark County Health District (CCHD) located in Las Vegas Nevada serves approximately 70% of the state’s population. There are 159,228 (9.7%) young adults between 18-24 years of age living in Clark County. To reach this demographic, the Clark County Health District Tobacco Control Program (TCP) developed Urban Fuel, a social branding campaign targeting both college and non-college young adults. Commercial branding strategies were used to associate going to nightclubs and having fun with not smoking. The strategy directly counters the bar and club promotions of the tobacco industry.
Youth Action
Another resource from the Campaign for tobacco Free Kids, where progressive youth share advocacy tactics to fight big tobacco.
Youth Tobacco Cessation Collborative
The Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (YTCC) was formed in 1998 to address the gap in knowledge about what cessation strategies are most effective in assisting youth to quit smoking. Collaborative members represent major organizations that fund research, program, and policy initiatives related to controlling youth tobacco use.
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