Southwest Alliance for Tobacco Prevention (formerly the Tobacco-Free Coalition)
- TATU (Teens Against Tobacco Use)
- NOT (Not On Tobacco)
- FACT (Fight Against Corporate Tobacco)
- School and Community Presentations (see also: Community Education)
- Combined tobacco and alcohol compliance checks (see also: SUDN)
- Smoke Free Workplace Campaigns
The purpose of T.A.T.U. is to train teens to use their commitment and skills as tobacco-free teens with younger children so that the younger children will make healthy choices to stay tobacco-free and will be advocates for tobacco-control in their communities. This is a teen drug-prevention program.
The American Lung Association's Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) is a premier smoking cessation/reduction program for high school youth. The authors and collaborators have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and appropriateness of the materials, information, and techniques in the program. They have also done extensive research on program results, which have been impressive. Locally, we have offered it several times, always having youth report they have reduced their use and/or quit all together.
FACT is a youth-led movement that takes action and creates change. We do it by exposing Big Tobacco's dirty secrets and deceptive practices. By empowering Wisconsin teens to stand up to an industry that's lying to us. And by understanding that FACT's fight is with the tobacco industry, not smokers. We all have to make our own decision. FACT just wants it to be an informed one. Contact us to join the local FACT group.
Note: if your school does not have these programs and you would like to, please contact us and we’ll be happy to assist you in getting them going.
Grant County conducts both tobacco and alcohol compliance checks in a coordinated effort so it appears to retailers they are being done at the same time. This method increases the results of retailers checking for id’s as they don’t know which product they will be checked for or when. This also gives us the opportunity to do year long checks, also increasing the non sales rate. Tobacco checks are funded through the WINS program of Wisconsin and alcohol checks are funded by the WI Department of Transportation. Both are also funded through the Drug-Free Coalition at the Grant County Health Department. The Sheriff's Department trains the minors and together the officers and minors conduct the checks. Students who are between the ages of 16-18 are welcome to call Carol Thole at (608) 723-1624 if interested in conducting the tobacco checks. Students between the ages of 18-21 are encouraged to inquire about the alcohol checks with Tonia Wagner at (608) 348-2322.
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