CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARBULLETIN.COM
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARBULLETIN.COM
Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona applauded the "Tobacco and Alcohol Advertising Survey" conducted at local stores statewide. Aiona spoke during the Seventh Annual Kick Butts Day.
Bill diverts tobacco funds
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 01, 2010
No money would be allocated for smoking prevention activities from the Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund under a bill moving in the state House to deal with the state budget crisis.
Instead, the funding would be diverted to the state treasury.
Kids stand together against alcohol. tobacco advertising
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 8:24 AM Updated: Feb 24, 2010 10:06 AM(HawaiiNewsNow) - Nearly 100 kids will gather at the state Capitol Wednesday afternoon to take a stand against tobacco and alcohol advertisers. Courtney Viernes-Silva, 17, and Amanda Victorino, 17, join us this morning to tell us why.
Kick Butts Day
- State Capitol rotunda
- Tomorrow at 2pm
- Survey results, storefront
What’s the #1 recruiter of new smokers…
Tobacco use in Hollywood Movies!
Yes….it’s true!
Smoking in PG13 movies increased 50% in the first two years (1999-2000) after Big Tobacco signed agreements with the state Attorneys General promising to end product placement in movies.
The 390,000 kids recruited to smoke each year by the smoking they see on screen are
worth $4 billion in lifetime sales to the tobacco companies. And that’s just in the United States.
Either the film studios and their corporate parents are still compensated to promote tobacco, which means they’re corrupt, or they’re pushing tobacco for free, which means they’re stupid.
Help protect our generation from BIG TOBACCO companies by signing the petition to keep smoking out of youth-rated movies!
Read more
GO ZOMBIE
for the first-ever REAL
Zombie Crawl
through Waikiki
to expose the truth about
smoking in Hollywood Movies!
Where: 4pm at UH's George Hall
More info...contact us!
real@crch.hawaii.edu
or 223-6658
| Written by KGMB9 News - news@kgmb9.com | |||
| October 05, 2009 06:36 PM | |||
|
"We need clerks to keep doing the right thing by asking and checking for our IDs, and if there's no ID, don't sell. We also need for the adults to stop buying tobacco products for youth because this is also a problem," Kruisin' Against Tobacco Sales' (KATS), Fernando Nicolas Corrales said. Retailers who passed the inspection were recognized Monday at the State Capitol. Hawaii's anti-smoking campaigns are especially focused on young people since 80 percent of adult smokers started before the age of 18. |
|||
REAL was named the 2009 Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' Tobacco Control Youth Advocate Group of the Year. Representing the group at an awards gala in Washington, D.C. were Brandon Antonius and Alex Halley of Maui, Michelle Magirila of Moloka`i, and Courtney Viernes-Silva of O`ahu.
REAL in the news:
The Cancer Research Center of Hawaii's (CRCH) REAL Program has been named the 2009 Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' Tobacco Control Youth Advocate Group of the Year.
Click READ MORE for larger view
YOUTH UNITE FOR KICK BUTTS DAY 2009
Call Melissa with more info @ 769-0492.
For more info call Melissa @ 769-0492.