Havelock, NC – Wednesday March 23 is Kick Butts Day, and TRU members in Craven County hope to encourage teens to be tobacco-free so they can have longer and healthier lives.
TRU (Tobacco.Reality.Unfiltered) is the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund’s initiative that includes both the state’s youth movement and the powerful TRU media campaigns working to dissuade youth from using tobacco.
“You may not know that tobacco-related illnesses are the number one cause of death in our state,” said Gerald Nesmith, Jr. a 7th grader at Gover C. Fields Middle School. “It’s our hope to change that by creating North Carolina’s first tobacco-free generation.”
TRU members, Craven County Health Department, and bob 93.3 will be at the Havelock Boys and Girls Club from 3-5 to educate the community about the dangers of tobacco use.
“Tobacco-related illness and death impact every community and population in North Carolina,” said Kenya Servia. “We in the TRU movement will not rest until teens from every group in our community have taken the online pledge and are ready to stand strong and tobacco-free.”
For tobacco users who want to quit, free quit coaching is available toll-free from QuitlineNC at 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) every day from 8 a.m. until 3 a.m. in English, Spanish, and many other languages.
ABOUT TRU:
Tobacco. Reality. Unfiltered., known as TRU, is the NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund’s initiative that includes both the state’s youth movement and the powerful TRU media campaigns working to dissuade youth from using tobacco. TRU is supported by HWTF-funded grant programs to organizations working in all 100 counties to reduce teen tobacco use. To find out more about TRU, please visit www.realityunfiltered.com.
ABOUT THE NC HEALTH AND WELLNESS TRUST FUND:
The NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund makes North Carolina stronger, both physically and economically, by funding programs that promote preventive health. Created by the General Assembly in 2000 to allocate a portion of North Carolina's share of the national tobacco settlement, HWTF has invested $199 million to support preventive health initiatives and $116 million to fund prescription drug assistance programs. For more information, please visit www.HealthWellNC.com.
Submitted by: Kenya Servia, Craven County Health Department, Phone: 252-670-3303
No comments:
Post a Comment