Special Events/Activities
Youth of all ages can participate in activities around these annual nationwide events:
Through with Chew Week
February, 1st full week
Through With Chew Week (TWCW) is an educational campaign to decrease spit tobacco use and increase awareness of the negative health effects of using these products.
Kick Butts Day
March 23, 2011
Kick Butts Day is a national day of activism that empowers youth to speak up and take action against Big Tobacco at more than 2,000 events from coast to coast. Students call attention to the problems caused by Big Tobacco and its attempts to market to youth.
World No Tobacco Day
May 31
This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco, the marketing practices of tobacco companies, and what the World Health Organization is doing to combat the tobacco epidemic. This special day is also an opportunity for all of us, (policy-makers, non-governmental organizations, young people, and the public) to advocate for a tobacco-free world and help reverse the course of this entirely preventable epidemic.
Great American Smoke Out
November, 3rd Thursday
The event challenges people to stop smoking cigarettes for 24 hours, hoping their decision to not smoke will last forever.
