J.D.D.I. Ritzville High School ESD 101 Tobacco Policy Enhancement Grant

How we started: Prevention Summit 2008

The Beginning: Started as one large group –Worked together on: Great American Smoke Out Brad Barton presentations American Cancer Society SPEAKOUT

The Opportunity: Educational Service District 101 Adams County Health Department Ritzville School District

Our Goals Raise awareness about tobacco –Academic achievement –Other health risks –School policy –Change Social Norm Social Norm posters Age and smoking enhancement posters –Look at community policies

The Learning: RUAD presentation TATU training SpeakOUT Numerous meetings with our advisors!

Why: Many people don’t know the connection Prevent use at any age

Do you know? 7% of smokers earn A’s versus 19% of non-smokers Students who use tobacco have more frequent absences from school and shorter attention spans

Students who smoked were four times more likely to have academic risk then non-smokers. Healthy Youth Survey 2008

Teens who use tobacco are: 4x more likely to skip class 4x more likely to be suspended 21x more likely to use marijuana 8x more likely to binge drink 36x more likely to use hard drugs Community Intervention 2004

Dependency If adolescents can be kept tobacco free, most will remain tobacco free for the rest of their lives. 70% of adults who smoke were addicted before they left high school More than 50% of adolescents age years think there are benefits of smoking

Tobacco and Attention Span Adults 8-14 minutes Children 6-10 minutes Tobacco Users 6-10 minutes Deprived Tobacco Users Less than 4 minutes

Policy Presentations: We will be facilitating presentations: –School Staff –School board –County Commissioners –City Council –Possibly others

Social Norms Campaign A social norm is a behavior, thought or feeling shared by most of the people in a given group. Using Healthy Youth Survey Data we created posters that show “most of us” aren’t using tobacco.

Our Principal~ Age and smoking enhanced to age 65

Amazing Race End of year event Will have a tobacco prevention component All students receive a water bottle with tobacco prevention message

End of year Barbeque hosted by school every year Handout ice cream sandwiches with tobacco free policy message Our School Policy: Everyone is Tobacco-Free All the Time Everywhere!

Target Audience Ritzville Community members Parents Adams County Policy Makers Ritzville Schools –All students 5 th grade and above

People Reached: We hope to reach over 1200 people in our school, community and county

Budget: In-Kind –ESD 101 Jana’s time and travel –Adams County Health Karen’s Time $1500 –Poster printing –Giveaway items Water bottles Ice cream sandwiches

Timeframe: October 2008 Prevention Summit January 2009 Grant Opportunity February March April Ongoing planning and preparing May Presentations Social Norms Campaign Amazing Race Family BBQ June Project Complete

Keep on Movin’ We are just getting to the action part of our plan! Thank you for your time and consideration!