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  IN THE NEWS:

February 1, 2007

High levels of secondhand smoke on the job can double nonsmokers' risk of developing lung cancer, and those who inhale it at work long-term face a 50 percent higher risk, researchers said on Wednesday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070201/hl_nm/smoking_secondhand_dc_1

Jan. 31, 2007

Lung Cancer Risk and Workplace Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke Leslie Stayner, James Bena, Annie J. Sasco, Randall Smith, Kyle Steenland, Michaela Kreuzer, Kurt Straif American Journal of Public Health, First Look epub ahead of print http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/AJPH.2004.061275v1

The findings from this investigation provide the strongest evidence to date that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, secondhand smoke in the workplace is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer.

UPCOMING ALAWV EVENTS!

Morgantown 5K Fun Run & Walk for Life & Breath June 9, 2007

Registration:  7:30 a.m.

Run: 8:00 a.m.

Walk: 9:00 a.m.

For more events and information click HERE!

I also would like to congratulate all the early starters for this year! The following schools are already providing N-O-T & ATS programs in their schools this year.

                      NOT ON TOBACCO PROGRAMS

                       ALTERNATIVE TO SUSPENSION

                School                                                          Contact

REMINDERS

Don’t forget to order your student journals at least one week before your program is scheduled to start.

Another way of getting incentives is community donations. Explain to local businesses that you are trying to help teens stop smoking, and you will get anything from pizza to sodas donated. This is an excellent way of forming education/community partnerships.

STIPENDS

The West Virginia Department of Education’s continued support of the N-O-T program is allowing us to once again provide the $250 stipend for N-O-T classes and $100 stipends for ATS classes. Please remember that stipends are only awarded after all evaluation materials have been returned, unlike the $50 mini-grants that are provided before you begin your sessions.

Incentives   

Mini-Grants

$50 mini-grants are available to get your groups started.  The mini-grant can be used to purchase pencils, stress balls and most importantly, food!  We have heard many times, “If you feed them, they will come!”  Applying for the mini-grant is easy click HERE. 

N-O-T Stipends

Another positive incentive are the $250 stipends, which are available for facilitators after all evaluation materials have been returned to ALAWV.

Student Journals

Program expenses are kept to a minimum since we provide all required handouts for students in this “journal.” Blank pages are provided for the students to write on.

 ATS Stipends

Thanks to a generous grant from the Department of Education Office Of Healthy schools we now have $100 stipends available for facilitators who use the ATS program in their schools.

You can find all these resources and more at our web site click here à N-O-T

Free Technical Assistance! Points of contacts are:

Tony Richards, Program Manager

Not On Tobacco (N-O-T)

American Lung Association of West Virginia

415 Dickinson Street, PO Box 3980

Charleston, WV 25339-3980

(304) 342-6600; 1-800-LUNG-USA

tony@alawv.org / www.alawv.org

Regional Tobacco Prevention Specialist

The RESA Tobacco Prevention Program serves as the regional liaison with the school districts to provide training, technical assistance, and staff development to teachers and staff in the areas of tobacco prevention, education and cessation. Available programs include Life Skills Training, Raze/TATU (Teens Against Tobacco) N-O-T (Not On Tobacco-a research-based cessation program for teens), related youth programs which include tobacco prevention initiatives, tobacco policy considerations and community tobacco prevention coalitions and groups. The Tobacco Prevention Specialist can assist with developing alternatives to suspension programs, youth empowerment and prevention activities. The primary focus is to provide training and technical assistance on any implementation activities as well as provide assistance to County Safe and Drug Free Schools Coordinators.