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| In the last few years, huge settlements from tobacco class
action suits flooded money into our State. Grants became available
for communities to provide smoking prevention and cessation
programs. Working with the area Community Coordinating Council and Tobacco Task Force, NVRH became the fiscal agent for several community grants. NVRH Tobacco Coordinator Rose Sheehan facilitates prevention and cessation programs for teens and pre-teens in area schools. Programs such as tobacco-free dances, the annual Youth Town Meeting (planned by youth and adults), and the Youth Media Camp are aimed at preventing youth from starting to smoke. The TAP-TEG program, and N-O-T Program link young smokers who want to stop smoking with the resources they need to quit. These programs are helping to change perceived norms among children and adolescents regarding tobacco use, and to discourage tobacco use by mobilizing new and existing community systems - thus ensuring a brighter and healthier future for our kids. |
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Rose Sheehan facilitates smoking prevention and cessation programs for teens and pre-teens in area schools. The "State of Our Youth" poster was created by students at Concord High School and is being distributed to schools throughout Caledonia and Essex Counties, along with activity and information packages students assemble themselves (above). |
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