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The mission of the American Lung Association is to prevent lung disease and promote lung health.
1-877-966-8784 or 304-599-6981.
Last updated 9/22/2004
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At home in West
Virginia
We have provided teachers a total of 526 N-O-T Student Journals and 168 ATS Student Journals so far this grant year. I have held Four NOT facilitator training events (three grant funded) with 35 participants certified (annual grant goal was 25 certified). We have awarded $18,250 in incentive stipends and $2,700 in mini-grants so far this fiscal year
Important 2006 Dates
April 5 à Kick Butts Day http://www.kickbuttsday.org/
I would like to congratulate all facilitators that have provided N-O-T & ATS programs in their schools this school year.
Don’t forget to order your student journals at least one week before your program is scheduled to start.
Another way of getting incentives is community donations. Explain to local businesses that you are trying to help teens stop smoking, and you will get anything from pizza to sodas donated. This is an excellent way of forming education/community partnerships.
STIPENDS The West Virginia Department of Education’s continued support of the N-O-T program is allowing us to once again provide the $250 stipend for N-O-T classes and $100 stipends for ATS classes. Please remember that stipends are only awarded after all evaluation materials have been returned, unlike the $50 mini-grants that are provided before you begin your sessions.
Mini-Grants$50 mini-grants are available to get your groups started. The mini-grant can be used to purchase pencils, stress balls and most importantly, food! We have heard many times, “If you feed them, they will come!” Applying for the mini-grant is easy click HERE.
N-O-T Stipends Another positive incentive are the $250 stipends, which are available for facilitators after all evaluation materials have been returned to ALAWV.
Student JournalsProgram expenses are kept to a minimum since we provide all required handouts for students in this “journal.” Blank pages are provided for the students to write on.
ATS Stipends Thanks to a generous grant from the Department of Education Office Of Healthy schools we now have $100 stipends available for facilitators who use the ATS program in their schools.
You can find all these resources and more at our web site click here à N-O-T
Free Technical Assistance! Points of contacts are:
Tony Richards, Program Manager Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) American Lung Association of West Virginia 415 Dickinson Street, PO Box 3980 Charleston, WV 25339-3980 (304) 342-6600; 1-800-LUNG-USA tony@alawv.org / www.alawv.org
Regional Tobacco Prevention Specialist
Community Development Specialists are trained professionals who work locally in their communities to enhance West Virginia’s prevention system. They provide individuals, families, agencies, organizations, and other groups with technical assistance and training to build capacity for sustainable community-based prevention efforts. To find your Community Development Specialist click here.
Newsletter Updates If you know of something happening with the N-O-T program that you feel other facilitators would benefit from, please call Tony (304)342-6600 or email tony@alawv.org. The newsletter will be published once a month.
If you are interested in our programs and would like more information, or would like to schedule a visit, please call our office.
Tobacco Websites and Other Interesting Links
New Website “TheScoopOnSmoking” was designed to present in a highly accessible, interactive manner, detailed facts about the health consequences of tobacco use.
Why do we feel that there is a need for this website?
Too often teens (and adults) are simply told that using tobacco -- particularly smoking cigarettes -- is "dangerous." Even the government-mandated warning label gives only a few words of caution -- all in very general terms. But the devil is in the details. ACSH's site -- which is based on a teen-version of ACSH's classic publication "Cigarettes: What the Warning Label Doesn't Tell You: The First Comprehensive Guide to the Health Consequences of Smoking" -- gives specific details of tobacco's deleterious impact on every site of the body and every organ system.
American Lung Associationà www.alawv.org Data & Statistics à http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=33347 Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) à http://www.alawv.org/NOT_folder/NOT.htm Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU) à http://www.alawv.org/TATU_folder/TATU.htm West Virginia Prevention Resource Center (WVPRC) à http://www.prevnet.org/ RAZE à www.razewv.com Tobacco News à www.tobacco.org National Spit Tobacco Education Program à www.nstep.org
West Virginia Department of Education http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/ This site gives the updated list of present WV state education policies, including WV tobacco policy.
CDC’s Tips: Tobacco Information and Prevention Sources http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/aag/osh.htm This site has several links for Teens and Kids. It also has important research data and report links. This is also a good site to link up to sources for supplemental information as well as getting information on different CDC publications.
Surgeon General’s Report for Kids (SGR 4 KIDS) - Table of contents http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr4kids/sgrmenu.htm This site is a “kid friendly” information filled site. It would be a good site to bring to the attention of the kids participating in the N-O-T program.
Action on Smoking and Health This site is an informative site which has both adult and kid friendly information.
BADvertising Institute This site contains information as well as posters, pamphlet, and other materials that could be ordered.
Why Files http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/024nicotine/index.html This site gives detailed information about nicotine and smoking. Within the narrative, it has links to a glossary, bibliography, and additional information.
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids This site is an information site as well as an advocacy site.
PTA This is the parent-teacher association page. It may be a valuable source to get information from other schools and school associations.
National Families in Action http://www.nationalfamilies.org/ This site gives information on tobacco and links as well as other information on other drug related issues.
Youth Risk Behavior Survey http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs This site gives data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/ This site give nutritional and dietary information, e.g., food pyramid, introduction to eating healthy, etc.
Bacchus and Gamma Peer Education Network The international association of college and university –based peer education programs focuses on substance abuse prevention and other student health and safety issues.
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