Miami County Tobacco Awareness Group

05/28/2020

Don't miss out on this year's 16th Annual Firecracker 5K! Registrations are currently being accepted at the front desk and online at https://mcymca.org/firecracker.html

04/01/2019

12/30/2014

Please let us know if you need help with your to***co habit. We can give you the support you may need to quit the habit. Call 469-2371.

11/05/2014

Is this your time to finally give up to***co?
The Miami County To***co Awareness Group is here to help you!
Come to the Miami County YMCA Transit building, 54 Ewing Street
(just north of the Y and across the street) on:
Saturday,November 15 between 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM
for information, refreshments, to see demonstrations, and to get your free "Great American Smokeout survival kit!" The kit will contain an assortment of gum, mints, and other items to help get you through the day on November 20, the Great American Smokeout.
Miami County burns through about $16,000,000.00 a year smoking ci******es! See what could be done with that money if you quit smoking.
A drawing will be held for groceries bought with the same amount of money spent on smoking for one week!
Hope to see you on Saturday, November 15th!

10/31/2014

Here is todays Friday Fun Fact:

SGR Friday Fact: Flavor is a key component in the to***co industry’s marketing strategy that targets some groups, including kids.

“In addressing the public health consequences of these products, consideration needs to be given to ingredients and design features that can contribute to product addic¬tiveness and marketing approaches that can contribute to use patterns leading to addiction.”
“… menthol in ci******es was a design feature that produced physiological effects, includ¬ing sensory effects contributing to to***co use; and mar¬keting and product branding of menthol and its effects also contributed to initiation and persistence of cigarette smoking.”
SGR Chapter 14, Current Status of To***co Control, page 782

Things you can do now:
• Mariah from Mayor’s youth council/VOICE has requested to speak to the Kokomo School Board meeting on November 10th about youth usage rates of e-ci******es, as well as e-cigarette marketing tactics that target kids, such as flavors, and promotional items and OTP.
• Collaborate with your coalition to develop a “to***co is not a treat” holiday-themed LTE campaign highlighting flavored to***co marketing in your community.
• Take pictures of flavored to***co products being marketed and sold in your community, and help educate community members.
• These are all things that we can do and inform Councilman Bob Cameron that we are moving forward to helping educate the youth as well as the entire community.

Post this Friday Fact on social media and use some great visuals.
Review the fact sheets, press releases, and ad galleries on the Campaign for To***co Free Kids website to learn more about marketing of sweet to***co products.
Search online for websites and social media pages for the locally-owned electronic cigarette/vape shops to see what flavors and promotions they are offering. Let your coalition members what you found.

07/26/2013

Did you know that Vietnam has a national smoke free law prohibiting smoking in all public and work places? Over 90 countries have national smoke free laws, but unfortunately, not the U.S.A. Americans for Non-smoker' Rights Foundation (ANRF) keeps track of smoke free legislation around the world. Check this site to find out more:

http://anr.no-smoke.org/site/R?i=4JlFIb-qLN14Ul1PW9uQfQ

07/02/2013

Independence Day is coming up July 4 - the day we celebrate our nation's freedom and our liberties as citizens of this great country. But many Americans are not free from the burden of ni****ne addiction; they are slaves to Big To***co. If that's you, declare your independence now. See the CDC article on the link below:

http://www.cdc.gov/features/SmokingIndependence/

Take action today to declare your independence from to***co use. Resources are available to help you quit to***co use and enjoy a fuller, healthier life.

06/20/2013

If that link doesn't get you there, try this one.

www.CamelKills.org

06/20/2013

Oh Great! R.J. Reynolds is celebrating 100 years of getting rich by selling deadly products to people, even kids! Let's send them an "Unhappy Birthday Card" ! Click on the link below.

http://www.to***cofreekids.org/microsites/camel/cardcake.jpg

06/20/2013

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151726811704747&set=a.215624164746.167522.213511554746&type=1&ref=nf

If you smoke “Talk with Your Doctor Month” is designed to help empower you to ask your doctor and other health care professionals for help to quit smoking successfully. Challenge your doctor to help you find the best way to break your to***co addiction. Your doctor wants to help.

05/27/2013

Thinking of quitting smoking? Talk to your doctor or other healthcare professional. See below:

http://www.to***cofreekids.org/to***co_unfiltered/post/2013_05_22_cdc #.UZ5TEH-sBls.facebook

“When you’re 15, it’s hard to imagine the consequences of your decisions. I never thought I would suffer this much,” said former smoker Bill Busse, who lost vision in his left eye and had his leg amputated because smoking worsened his diabetes.

05/02/2013

Sometimes I wonder "What was going through their heads?" This was the question I asked last weekend when the Indiana General Assembly wrapped up another session. Once again, they chopped the budget for To***co Prevention & Cessation programs, this time from $8 million to $5 million. How can they continue to cut funding for a program that saves $56 for every dollar spent? Check this link for more on this.

http://www.indystar.com/article/20130430/OPINION05/304290094/Dan-Carpenter-To***co-industry-pours-while-Indiana-cuts-back

Dan Carpenter: A program that's saved countless lives and dollars from the scourge of to***co gets cut again by the legislature, and advocates call it premeditated.