Youth & Tobacco

Youth mobilization projects give young people the opportunity to learn the most important lessons adults can give youth - that they are worthwhile, that they have gifts to give their schools and communities, that they have the power to make a difference in this world.

Youth Power Curriculum

Case Studies of Youth In Action

• Video: Hear Their Voices
  
  

  
  Hear Their Voices: The Story of TIGHT
• Youth Power - National Conference on Tobacco and Health 2002 Presentation
• TIGHT in the Second Three Years, 1998-2001
• The Passage of a Local Tobacco Policy to Address Youth Access in Three Cities
• Youth Driven Policy Change
• The Role of Young People in Strategy Development and Implementation
• Tapping Resilience in Youth

Sample activities for youth coalitions

• How to start a Tobacco Prevention Club in Your School or Community
• Youth Protest Long's Cigar Promotion
• Youth to Help Merchants Comply with New Ordinance
• Contra Costa Youth Mobilizing to Fight Tobacco

Other Resources

• "STAT Youth Tobacco SQUADS Facilitator's Guide" Community Intervention 800-328-0417
• California Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN)
• Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
• California Smokers Helpline
• Strategic Tobacco Retail Effort (STORE)
• Teen California Smoker's Helpline