SWAT Youth Across Florida Are Educating Their Communities And Their Community Leaders About Flavored Tobacco Products

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1 0 Students Working Against Tobacco SWAT Youth Across Florida Are Educating Their Communities And Their Community Leaders About Flavored Tobacco Products

2 1 SWAT s Statewide Mission Educate community leaders who can help educate others and who can also take action that will help: Reduce youth initiation to tobacco Reduce the influence of tobacco marketing strategies THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS WHAT MANY OF FLORIDA S LEADERS HAVE DONE TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT FLORIDA S YOUTH!

3 COLUMBIA Resolutions by County: Alachua: Alachua County, Gainesville, Hawthorne, Archer Bay: Bay County, Callaw ay, Lynn Haven, Parker, Panama City, Springfield, Panama City Beach, Mexico Beach Baker: Baker County, Macclenny SANTA ROSA OKALOOSA WALTON HOLMES Bradford: Bradford County, Starke, Law tey Brevard: Brevard County, West Melbourne, Melbourne, Satellite Beach, Cocoa, Indialantic, Cape Canaveral, Palm Shores, Grant-Valkaria, Indian Harbour Beach, Palm Bay Space Coast League of Cities Brow ard: Broward County, Coconut Creek, Lauderhill, Pembroke Pines, Cooper City, Lauderdale Lakes, Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Wilton Manors, North Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Plantation, Margate, Davie, West Park, Sunrise, Dania Beach, Westin, Southw est Ranches, Miramar, Lighthouse Point, Hallandale Beach Calhoun: Calhoun County, Blountstown, Altha Charlotte: Charlotte County, Punta Gorda Citrus: Citrus County Clay: Clay County, Green Cove Springs, Orange Park Collier: Collier County, Naples, Everglades City, Marco Island Columbia: Columbia County, Lake City, Fort White DeSoto: DeSoto County, Arcadia Dixie: Dixie County, Cross City Duval: Baldw in, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville, Atlantic Beach Escambia: Escambia County, Pensacola, Century Flager: Flagler County, Palm Coast, Bunnell, Flagler Beach Franklin: Franklin County, Apalachicola, Carrabella Gadsden: Gadsden County, Havana, Quincy, Gretna, Midw ay, Greensboro, Chattahoochee Gilchrist: Gilchrist County Glades: Glades County, Moore Haven Gulf: Gulf County, Wew ahitchka, Port Saint Joe Hamilton: Hamilton County, Jennings, White Springs, Jasper Hardee: Hardee County, Wauchula, Zolfo Springs, Bow ling Green Hendry: Hendry County, LaBelle, Clew iston Hernando: Hernando County, Brooksville Highlands: Highlands County, Sebring, Avon Park, Lake Placid Hillsborough: Hillsborough County, Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plant City Holmes: Holmes County, Bonifay, Esto, Ponce de Leon, Westville, Noma Indian River: Indian River County, Sebastian Jackson: Jackson County, Jacob City, Bascom, Graceville, Grand Ridge Jefferson: Jefferson County, Monticello Lafayette: Lafayette County, Mayo Lake: Lake County, Clermont, Eustis, Mascotte, Groveland Lee: Lee County, Bonita Springs, Ft. Myers Beach, Cape Coral City and County Candy Flavored Tobacco Resolutions WASHINGTON BAY JACKSON CALHOUN GULF LIBERTY FRANKLIN GADSDEN WAKULLA LEON JEFFERSON TAYLOR MADISON DIXIE HAMILTON SUWANNEE GILCHRIST UNION BAKER ALACHUA BRADFORD Leon: Leon County, Tallahassee Levy: Levy County, Bronson, Williston, Inglis, LEVY Cedar Key, Otter Creek Liberty: Liberty County, Bristol Madison: Madison County, Madison, Greenville, Lee Manatee: Manatee County, Bradenton, Longboat Key CITRUS Marion: Marion County, Ocala Martin: Martin County, Stuart, Sew all s Point Miami-Dade: El Portal, Hialeah, Miami Beach, HERNANDO Miami Gardens, Miami Springs, Opa-Locka, Homestead, West Miami PASCO Monroe: Key West, Village of Islamorada, Marathon, Key Colony Beach, Layton Nassau: Nassau County, Fernandina Beach, Hilliard, Callahan Okaloosa: Okaloosa County, Fort Walton Beach, Crestview Laurel Hill, Destin Okeechobee: Okeechobee County, Okeechobee Orange: Orange County, Winter Garden Osceola: Osceola County, Kissimmee, St. Cloud Palm Beach: Bell Glade, Jupiter, Pahokee, Palm Springs, Riviera Beach, South Bay, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Lake Park, Tequesta Pasco: Pasco County, San Antonio, New Port Richey Pinellas: Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, Indian Rocks, Pinellas Park, Safety Harbor, Dunedin, Kenneth City Polk: Polk County, Lakeland, Mulberry, Bartow, Haines City, Winter Park Putnam: Putnam County, Crescent, Palatka, Interlachen, Pomona Park, Welaka Santa Rosa: Santa Rosa County, Gulf Breeze, Milton, Jay Sarasota: Sarasota County, North Port, Venice, Sarasota, Longboat Key Seminole: Lake Mary, Casselberry, Sanford, Longwood, Oviedo St. Johns: St. Johns County, Hastings, St. Augustine St. Lucie: St. Lucie County, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce Sumter: Bushnell, Webster, Wildwood Suw annee: Suwannee County, Live Oak, Branford Taylor: Taylor County, Perry Union: Union County, Lake Butler, Raiford, Worthington Springs Volusia: Volusia County, Port Orange, Daytona Beach, DeLand, Deltona, Holly Hill, New Smyrna Beach, Orange City Wakulla: Wakulla County, Sopchoppy Walton: Walton County, DeFuniak Springs, Paxton Washington: Washington County, Chipley, Ebro, Vernon, Wausau, Caryville PINELLAS MARION SUMTER HILLSBOROUGH MANATEE SARASOTA NASSAU CLAY DUVAL PUTNAM LAKE POLK HARDEE DESOTO LEE ST JOHNS FLAGLER VOLUSIA SEMINOLE ORANGE HIGHLANDS GLADES COLLIER Legend City Resolutions: Pink OSCEOLA HENDRY MONROE BREVARD INDIAN RIVER ST LUCIE MARTIN PALM BEACH BROWARD DADE 2 County Resolutions: Blue Both City and County Resolutions: Stripes Updated: January 8, 2015

4 3 SWAT s Other Statewide Mission Tell their peers the truth about: 1. The dangers of using candy and fruit flavored tobacco products. 2. The marketing tactics used to entice them to try their first product.

5 Why Educate Preteens, Teens and the Community? 4 Almost 90% of tobacco users begin using by age 18. Source: Centers for Disease Control

6 Why Educate Preteens, Teens and the Community? 5 Tobacco is the SINGLE MOST PREVENTABLE cause of disease, disability and death in the United States. Source: Centers for Disease Control

7 People Also Need to Know That 6 Secret internal documents from the Tobacco Industry prove that plans were made in the 70 s and 80 s to make flavored tobacco products that would appeal to youth and young adults whom they referred to as the Replacement Smokers!

8 7 RJ Reynolds (1984 est.)

9 8 Philip Morris (1981)

10 9 It is a well-known fact that teenagers like sweet products. Honey might be considered. 11 Brown and Williamson Memo, 1972 Cherry Skoal is for someone who likes the taste of candy, if you know what I m saying. 12 -Bob Beets, Former US Smokeless Tobacco Sales Representative

11 Candy and Fruit Flavored Tobacco Appeal to Youth 10 The candy and fruit flavors mask the bad taste of tobacco, making it easier for youth to start using tobacco products. The flavored tobacco products: Smell similar to candy and fruit Are packaged in bright colors similar to candy

12 FDA Provisions and Flavored Tobacco 11 Family Smoking and Tobacco Control Act, signed on June 22, 2009: Banned many products, including candy-flavored cigarettes, But the other harmful flavored tobacco products that appeal to youth were not part of the ban.

13 CIGARS 12

14 SNUS 13

15 DISSOLVABLES 14

16 At first glance, can you tell the difference? 15

17 New Childproof Packaging BUT Tobacco Products Still Looks Similar to Breath Strips, Candy and Coffee Stirrers 16

18 Some Teens Think Dips & Dissolvables Are a Safe Alternative! 17 A 2008 study from the World Health Organization s International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded: Smokeless tobacco users have: An 80% higher risk of developing oral cancer and a 60% higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Candy-flavored tobacco products contain 28 cancer-causing agents / carcinogens. Boffetta, P, et al., Smokeless tobacco and cancer, The Lancet 9: , 2008

19 Adolescent Smoking Is Correlated With Alcohol Use, Abuse and Dependency 18 Teens, ages 12 to 17, who are current smokers, are more than five times likelier than nonsmokers to be current drinkers (59.1 percent vs percent). Ellickson, P. L., Tucker, J. S., & Klein, D. J. (2001). The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University. (2005).

20 Next Steps: 19 SWAT will continue meeting with City Council Members throughout Brevard County to educate them on the flavored tobacco products SWAT will participate in various activities at their schools and in their communities to educate their peers, parents, teachers and others

21 20 Contact Information Valarie L. James SWAT Coordinator/Tobacco Prevention Specialist Renee Ruffin-Price Co-Director Office ext 2709 The Brevard Tobacco Initiative (BTI) and Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) are Programs managed locally through the Circles of Care, Inc. Outreach Services