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.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Time for a Change

We all know that time brings change. Gone are the days of seeing kids across the street from the High School smoking cigarettes. Big Tobacco has "new & impoved" versions of cigarettes. No longer do kids wish to stick tobacco in their mouths and blow out smoke. It draws attention and quite frankly it's "not cool". So along comes other tobacco products (OTP's) that come in any flavor you can imagine. Even the appearance has changed, cigarettes have been replaced with orbs, sticks, strips, and pouches....just to name a few. They haven't changed the product--still tobacco. And the outcome remains the same.....sickness, cancer, even death!

Check out what's happening in Colorado, get ready for a new "fight".
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_18682763

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