08/02/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/02/2024 08:56
(BINGHAMTON, NY) - Since the Tobacco Control Program's inception, the statewide average youth cigarette smoking rate dropped from 27.1% in 2000 to 2.1% in 2020.[i]However, there is more work to be done. 20.8% of NYS high school students still use tobacco products-primarily e-cigarettes at 18.7%.ii
The fishing trivia game is a fun way for Reality Check youth to expose the lies and manipulation of Big Tobacco and mobilize the community on ways they can protect Gen Z from being the next generation to be hooked by these deadly products.
The Problem:
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Reality Check is an advocacy organization that mobilizes youth against the manipulative tobacco industry by collectively working to educate our communities to help usher in a tobacco free generation.
[i]NYS DOH Bureau of Tobacco Control, StatShot Vol. 15, No.1/May 2023. Retrieved Jan. 2, 2024 from https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/tobacco_control/reports/statshots/volume15/n1_youth_tobacco_use.pdf
ii NYS DOH Bureau of Tobacco Control, StatShot Vol. 15, No.1/May 2023. Retrieved Jan. 2, 2024 from https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/tobacco_control/reports/statshots/volume15/n1_youth_tobacco_use.pdf
iii NYS DOH Bureau of Tobacco Control, StatShot Vol. 15, No.1/May 2023. Retrieved Jan. 2, 2024 from https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/tobacco_control/reports/statshots/volume15/n1_youth_tobacco_use.pdf
[i]v Truth Initiative Flavored Tobacco Fact Sheet. Retrieved Jan. 2, 2024 fromhttps://truthinitiative.org/sites/default/files/media/files/2021/06/Truth_FlavoredTobacco_FactSheet2021_FINAL.pdf