Center for Safe Communities & Schools
Community & Youth Initiatives
Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day
03-25-09
Take Action on Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day - March 25, 2009!
Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day (TTFKD) is an annual awareness day in Texas to encourage students of all ages to live tobacco-free lifestyles. Sponsored by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and the Center for Safe Communities and Schools (CSCS), the goal of next year’s event on March 25, 2009, is to get every school in Texas involved in the effort to help children make healthy choices by not using tobacco.
TTFKD is held in conjunction with Kick Butts Day, a national event sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The day is an annual celebration of youth leadership and activism in tobacco prevention efforts. On Kick Butts Day, thousands of youth will organize activities to expose and counter the tobacco industry’s powerful promotional strategies aimed at youth. Some of the past activities include youth-led rallies in state capitals, surveys of tobacco advertising in local stores and street activism events.
Get your school ready for TTFKD 2009 now! The TTFKD 2009 Activity Guide will be posted before Christmas so start making arrangements for your school to participate. Your school can do something as simple as broadcasting tobacco-free messages on announcements or as elaborate as organizing students for a major educational activity.
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This Guide is From Us to You!
We put together this Activity Guide to help you come up with some ideas about what you can do to be a part of Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day and educate others in your school and community about the dangers of tobacco.
All of the activities and ideas in the guide are really simple. They don’t take a lot of planning or money – just committed teens like you!
We hope that you use the guide and the other information that is available to you on our website to conduct some really cool awareness events and activities! Also, we’d love to hear back from you about what you did and how everything went. If you fill out an Event Report form and send it back to us, you will be eligible to win FREE registrations to our Statewide Teen Tobacco Summit in July!!
We also want this guide to be better next year, so we need your ideas and reports of what you do so we can include your activities in next year’s guide to share with everyone across Texas!
Thanks for being a leader in tobacco prevention, and for working toward a Tobacco-Free Texas!
Remember to TAKE ACTION and HAVE FUN on April 2 -
2008 Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day!
Sincerely,
The Texas Teen Ambassadors
2008 Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day Activity Guide
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Sample Press Release for Local Media
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2008 Kick Butts Day Activity Guide
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2008 TTFKD Activities Planned by Texas Youth
Check back soon to see what teens around Texas are planning for April 2, 2008.
Tobacco 101 Powerpoint Presentation
Advertising Powerpoint Presentation
Smokeless Tobacco Powerpoint Presentation
DUCK & WorthIt? Media Clips
Smoke-Free Movies Fact Sheet
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Texas Tobacco Law Information Flyer
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TTFKD Logos, Printable Stickers & Press Release
Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Logo Downloads
Please feel free to use these logos to put on any promotional items, forms, or flyers for your planned Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day events and activities.
Color Logo | B&W Logo
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TTFKD "Tobacco-Free Begins with Me" Sticker
Download and print as many of these stickers as you would like. Make sure everyone you know has one to wear on April 2, 2008!
For printing, use Avery white high visibility labels 2-1/2” dia. labels, series 5294.
Statewide Press Release for Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day
“Students across the state will focus on heightening awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco,” said Penny Harmonson, manager of the DSHS Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. “Young people are taking the lead in tobacco prevention through their activities.”
The press release below is being issued statewide to promote Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day. We hope that it helps draw attention to your local activities. You may want to generate your own local press release as well.
Press Release
Media Advisory
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Local Tobacco Prevention Contacts
Feel free to contact your local Prevention Resource Center and/or DSHS Tobacco Specialist for educational materials and information that may be available to assist you.
Regional Prevention Resources Centers
The Texas Department of State Health Services funds 11 Prevention Resource Centers across the state. These centers provide communities with prevention information, resources and expertise.
Local PRC Contacts
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DSHS Regional Tobacco Control Coordinators
The Texas Department of State Health Services also provides local tobacco control coordinators throughout the state through the Regional Partnership Program.
2008 TTFKD Event Reporting Form
The first 20 schools or groups to send in a completed Event Report Form will receive up to 4 scholarships to attend the 2008 Texas Teen Tobacco Summit & Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention Conference to be held July 27-30, 2008 in The Woodlands!
This Event Report Form is fillable but will not allow you to save any changes made to it. Therefore, print it out when finished and send it to us right away!
2008 Events Planned by Texas Youth
Check out all the cool ideas that the groups who attended the Texas Tobacco-Free Teen Leadership Summits came up with for Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day 2008.
Action Plans from the Ceta Canyon Summit (North TX)
Action Plans from the Hoblitzelle Summit (North Central TX)
Action Plans from the Sky Ranch Summit (East TX)
Action Plans from the Camp TaKuLa Summit (Southeast TX)
Action Plans from the Mo Ranch Summit (South Central TX)
Action Plans from the Circle Six Summit (West TX)
Action Plans from the Zephyr Summit (South TX)
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' National PSA Contest
Are you an aspiring Mel Brooks, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, or Peter Jackson? Or maybe you're just a passionate tobacco-control advocate with a camera who is tired of Big Tobacco targeting kids?
Well, we have a contest for you!
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids invites you to create an original video public service announcement, also known as a PSA, and enter it in our national Kicking Butts on Film contest. This is a great opportunity for youth to stand out, speak up, and seize control in the fight against tobacco.
Check out what teens around Texas did on 04-02-08.
TTFKD in East Texas Video Clip
Teens Say No to Smoking
Summaries coming soon...
Check out pics from around the state from last year's TTFKD on 03-28-07... 2007 TTFKD Pics
Pics from 2008 TTFKD coming soon! Send us your pics and we will post them here!
Page address: http://www.cscs.txstate.edu/cyi/ttfkd.htm