My Community, My Health~~KICK BUTTS DAY--2019

My Community, My Health

In partnership with WYLN (Westshore Young Leaders) we are promoting “My Community, My Health” and Kick Butt’s Day on March 20, 2019 to help people quit tobacco.

We know how to win the fight against tobacco. Science and experience have identified effective strategies that prevent kids from using tobacco, help tobacco users quit and protect everyone from secondhand smoke. It’s critical that elected officials support these life-saving solutions.

You can learn more about each of these solutions on the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids web site:

· Higher tobacco taxes – by making cigarettes and other tobacco products more expensive, we can keep kids from using them and encourage current tobacco users to quit.

· Laws requiring smoke-free workplaces and public places – these laws protect everyone from secondhand smoke and help reduce smoking.

· Well-funded programs – including television advertising campaigns – that convince young people not to use tobacco and encourage current tobacco users to quit.

· Regulations that restrict how tobacco products are made, marketed and sold. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration regulates tobacco products and has taken action to stop tobacco marketing and sales to kids.

· Raising the minimum sale age to 21 – nearly all smokers start as kids or young adults so increasing the tobacco age to 21 will help to prevent young people from ever starting to smoke and to reduce the deaths, disease and health care costs caused by tobacco use.

Quitting smoking isn’t easy. It takes time. And a plan. You don’t have to stop smoking in one day. Start with day one. Let the Kick Butts Day event on March 20, 2019 be your day to start your journey toward a smoke-free life.

Quitting starts here.

Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW