| Island Teens Against Tobacco Newsletter January 31, 2017 ITAT STUDENT FEATURE Rion has been the President of ITAT at Westlake High School for 2 years and has played on the Varsity soccer team for three years. ITAT has given Rion an opportunity to become a "VOICE" . Whether it be through her peers in ITAT or at the State Capitol building, Rion's voice has been heard. Her opinion has mattered, her ideas have been given, though some may have been against her ideologies, she has learned that through the power of her "VOICE", change can happen. "I admire Rion’s individuality. She has always paved her own pathway and is determined to push through any barriers that may come in her way. Rion is a leader. She always does what she feels is right, even if that is not what is popular." -Irene Summers ITAT HAPPENINGS Bingham ITAT January Meeting: Smoker's lung demonstration with pigs lungs. Provo ITAT poses after their January meeting, prepping for Capitol Day in February! ITAT Event Calendar February 15- Capitol Day 1pm-3pm February 17- ITAT School Ad Competition Deadline All submissions due February 17, 2017 to your ITAT advisor. ITAT Anti-Tobacco Ad Contest Rules: How long do the video ads need to be? about 30 seconds What do the 30 second video ads need to be about? At least one of the following : Big Tobacco is up to it again with e-cigarettes: telling half-truths to sell their addictive product. Currently, there are no restrictions on what they can or can't say in their ads about e-cigarettes. A guy named Mitch Zeller with the FDA recently compared it to the "wild, wild west." How does that make you feel, cowpoke? Let's put Big Tobacco's dirty laundry out there for everybody to see! Cigarettes kill somebody every 6 seconds in America. That's over 1,300 Americans daily. 1 out of 5 Americans smoke today - and cigarettes will kill 2 of those 5 people directly. Can you name 7,000 different chemicals? Maybe 700? How about just 7? Well, know who can name 7,000 chemicals? Big Tobacco! And they put more than that many into each and every cigarette that they produce. That includes more than 65 cancer causing chemicals and over 101 classified poisons. Big Tobacco sells cigarettes. Cigarettes kill people. People who used to be their customers. Then, they need new customers - and who are they after? Youth: who they kindly refer to as "replacement smokers". In 1978, a tobacco industry executive said that "the base of our business is the high school student." Can I work in a group? Yes Can I submit more than one video? Yes Entries that, in the discretion and judgment of the sponsors, violate any of the standards above will be disqualified. Rules subject to change without notice March 18- Kick Butts Day 5th Annual MANA 5K Tobacco-Free Run June 24, 2017 at Liberty Park See our website for further details and registration. VISIT OUR SITE STAY CONNECTED! |
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Rion has been the President of ITAT at Westlake High School for 2 years and has played on the Varsity soccer team for three years.
ITAT has given Rion an opportunity to become a "VOICE" . Whether it be through her peers in ITAT or at the State Capitol building, Rion's voice has been heard. Her opinion has mattered, her ideas have been given, though some may have been against her ideologies, she has learned that through the power of her "VOICE", change can happen.
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"I admire Rion’s individuality. She has always paved her own pathway and is determined to push through any barriers that may come in her way. Rion is a leader. She always does what she feels is right, even if that is not what is popular."
-Irene Summers
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Bingham ITAT January Meeting: Smoker's lung demonstration with pigs lungs. | |
Provo ITAT poses after their January meeting, prepping for Capitol Day in February! | |
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February 15- Capitol Day 1pm-3pm
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- February 17- ITAT School Ad Competition Deadline
All submissions due February 17, 2017 to your ITAT advisor.
ITAT Anti-Tobacco Ad Contest Rules:
- How long do the video ads need to be? about 30 seconds
- What do the 30 second video ads need to be about? At least one of the following:
- Big Tobacco is up to it again with e-cigarettes: telling half-truths to sell their addictive product. Currently, there are no restrictions on what they can or can't say in their ads about e-cigarettes. A guy named Mitch Zeller with the FDA recently compared it to the "wild, wild west." How does that make you feel, cowpoke?
- Let's put Big Tobacco's dirty laundry out there for everybody to see! Cigarettes kill somebody every 6 seconds in America. That's over 1,300 Americans daily. 1 out of 5 Americans smoke today - and cigarettes will kill 2 of those 5 people directly.
- Can you name 7,000 different chemicals? Maybe 700? How about just 7? Well, know who can name 7,000 chemicals? Big Tobacco! And they put more than that many into each and every cigarette that they produce. That includes more than 65 cancer causing chemicals and over 101 classified poisons.
- Big Tobacco sells cigarettes. Cigarettes kill people. People who used to be their customers. Then, they need new customers - and who are they after? Youth: who they kindly refer to as "replacement smokers". In 1978, a tobacco industry executive said that "the base of our business is the high school student."
- Can I work in a group? Yes
- Can I submit more than one video? Yes
- Entries that, in the discretion and judgment of the sponsors, violate any of the standards above will be disqualified.
- Rules subject to change without notice
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5th Annual MANA 5K
Tobacco-Free Run
June 24, 2017 at Liberty Park
See our website for further details and registration.
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