Mission Statement

The mission of re:TH!NK, the Lakeshore Tobacco Prevention Network, is to improve the health of our residents by reducing tobacco use and exposure through prevention strategies which include community outreach and involvement to move policy forward collaboratively, across our multi-jurisdictional area.

Friday, January 21, 2011

WI Receives "A" for Smoke-Free Air

The American Lung Association released the 9th annual State of Tobacco Control 2010 report. Wisconsin finally got an A in the "smoke-free air" category!!!! Thanks to the new smoke free air law, we will receive our first A in the history of the report.

However, WI received an F in both the "tobacco prevention and control funding," and the "cessation coverage" categories.

Prevention advocates know that WI can do better to protect our kids from the deadly addiction of tobacco use and help people quit nicotine, but does the WI State Legislature? Coalitions across the state are working to get the word out right now.

Hopefully we won't lose all the gains we've made in youth use rates because of another budget cut to tobacco prevention and control.

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