2009 Kick Butts Day

Health Cigarettes The Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Mobile County Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) and Keep Mobile Beautiful will partner to “kick butts” at Langan Park this Wednesday March 25 in recognition of national Kick Butts Day.

by Mobile County Health Dept.

Published: Tue, March 24, 2009 - 8:03 am CST

The Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Mobile County, Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT), and Keep Mobile Beautiful will partner to “kick butts” at Langan Park this Wednesday, March 25, in recognition of national Kick Butts Day. Following a press conference at 9:30 a.m., SWAT members will take conduct a cigarette butt clean-up of the park lasting until noon.

In Alabama, about 10,600 kids under 18 will become new regular smokers this year. To help combat this, more than 150 students from Bryant, LeFlore and Murphy high schools and Phillips Preparatory School take part in SWAT activities, working to protect their peers from tobacco. SWAT members serve as peer educators in elementary and middle schools. They address health-related tobacco issues, advocacy issues, and tactics of the tobacco industry. Last year alone, SWAT members visited 52 schools where they made 398 presentations to nearly 10,000 students in grades 4 through 7.

Kick Butts Day was developed by the National Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and is sponsored by 100 major partners.

For more information, call 690-7508 or 690-8824.

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framkly Says:

Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:18 am

Maybe when our state has considered or passed the cell phone text law while driving, they should include cigarettes and the like while driving.

bobcat Says:

Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 9:18 am

I’m not sure if picking up cigarette butts at intersections is the objective of their campaign but if it is and it’s successful, I wish they would clean up around the fast food drive thru windows while they’re at it.
Have you ever dropped your change and seen what it lands in? Everything from chewing gum to squirts of skoal juice. Very appetising huh?

the inquiring mind Says:

Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 8:54 am

What’s really nasty is all the cigarette butts in the left turn lane at any major intersection in Mobile Like Airport and University. Naturally we can’t send kids out into the intersection clean up all the discarded butts.