Union County TRU Clubs

03/27/2012

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The TRU initiative has successfully reduced teen smoking in North Carolina to historic lows. Since 2003, funding for the award-winning program and media camp...

03/18/2012

Featured in a CDC ad campaign, ex-smoker Terrie Hall reveals details about struggling with to***co-related disease.

03/16/2012

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03/16/2012

Check out these commercials just released from the CDC. One features Terrie Hall, from NC. Some of you may have seen Terri speak. She has visited Union County several times. Thanks, Terrie for being so courageous and telling your story!

The Tips from Former Smokers campaign features real people suffering as a result of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.

03/12/2012

Check out the March 2012 Support and Prevention/To***co Free Schools newsletter!! Please share with others. :)

03/08/2012

A new public service advertisement (PSA) featuring Dr. Regina Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General, shows teens describing their futures if they use to***co. The P...

03/08/2012

Hey TRU youth!! Take the challenge and create a video that uses one of the findings from the Surgeon General's Report! Videos to be posted on You Tube for public voting. Chance to win money!! Let's get some Union County entries into the contest!!! Contact your TRU Advisor or Kim/Laura for assistance. Go for it!

The Surgeon General’s (SG) Video Contest for Youth and Young Adults invites young Americans to speak up about to***co and tell us why they are not buying it.

03/06/2012

On Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 10:00am, Dr. Regina Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General will release "A Report of the Surgeon General: Preventing To***co Use Among Youth and Young Adults." This report represents the 31st Surgeon General's report focused on to***co use and its devastating effects. The release will also be Webcast live at www.hhs.gov/live at 10 am Thursday, March 8th.

Live Webcast

02/24/2012

Daryl Hannah and Legacy take on Smoking In The Movies by asking film students to consider alternatives to using smoking as short-hand for "cool". Produced by...

02/23/2012

Parkwood High TRU club lunch promotion for the Great American Spit Out - Feb 23

02/23/2012

Parkwood Middel School TRU club youth raise awareness about the dangers of to***co during car rider line on Feb 23 - The Great American Spit Out day! Teens passed out info cards to parents as they dropped off students.

02/22/2012

A new statewide poll finds three out of four North Carolina voters believe that the state should continue to dedicate some of the money it receives from the to***co settlement to fund the state’s to***co prevention and control program.

02/21/2012

Read about while cigarette smoking has declined, cigar smoking is on the rise. Help spread the word that there is no safe to***co product.

The good news is that youth cigarette consumption has declined significantly over the past decade due to several factors, including effective to***co control initiatives, higher prices, advertising and marketing restrictions and stringent laws limiting indoor and outdoor smoking. The new Food and Dr...

02/17/2012

More photos from the TRU celebration in Raleigh at the State Capitol (Feb. 16, 2012). 350 youth and adult advocates from across NC gathered to voice their support for to***co prevention. Thanks to Mecklenburg TRU for the photos.

02/16/2012

Mecklenburg TRU youth hold our Union County TRU Word Cloud banner while visiting Raleigh today for a TRU celebration and advocacy day. Union County was there in spirit! Way to go NC TRU teens!!

02/16/2012

Mecklenburg TRU youth hold our Union County TRU Word Cloud banner while visiting Raleigh today for a TRU celebration and advocacy day. Union County were there in spirit! Way to go NC TRU teens!!

02/16/2012

Over 300 TRU youth and adults gather at the NC General Assembly in Raleigh today to celebrate the success of the TRU movemnet and to advocate for the continued use of Master Settlement Funds for youth to***co prevention programs. Way to go NC TRU youth!

02/15/2012

National Kick Butts Day is Wednesday, March 21, 2012. What is your school's TRU club planning to raise awareness? Talk to your TRU Club Advisor about ideas...

What is Kick Butts Day? Kick Butts Day (KBD) is a national day of advocacy that empowers youth to speak up and take action against to***co use through hundre...