One of the best days in March has arrived! Today is Kick Butts Day!
Kick Butts Day is a day of activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco.
While tobacco prevention efforts have made great strides in the fight against tobacco, every day, more than 3,000 kids under 18 try smoking for the first time and 700 kids become new regular, daily smokers. Tobacco use continues to be the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., killing more than 400,000 people every year.
On Kick Butts Day, youth throughout the U.S. raise awareness about the tobacco problem, encourage peers to be tobacco-free, and support effective solutions to reduce tobacco use.
Some of re:TH!NK's very own youth in the Winnebago FACT group made a huge impact at a local middle school in Oshkosh. The group created a display board with 2 FACTs about tobacco and had their classmates vote for which FACT they thought was the ugliest truth.
The FACTs they chose:
1. Urea is found in cat pee, it is also found in cigarettes.
2. Methane is found in dog poop, it is also found in cigarette smoke.
At the end of lunch the FACT group counted up the votes and (drum roll please...) here are the results!
80 votes for urea in cat pee
vs.
117 votes for methane in dog poop
Students found the FACT that methane is in dog poop and cigarette smoke more disgusting than the FACT that urea is in cat pee and in cigarettes. And the general consensus of the group is that both FACTs were super disgusting!
The event was a huge success! Students, teachers, and staff were all interested and involved. Thanks to the Winnebago FACT crew, Ms. K, and all those at Perry Tipler Middle School. Happy Kick Butts Day. Rock on!
