Young People

84% of Massachusetts youth don't smoke, and many are working to combat Big Tobacco's influence on their communities.

If you want to be part of the movement, visit the84.org, a website dedicated to Massachusetts tobacco-free youth. The 84 has contests, activities, resources, gear, and a forum for youth to be heard. 

Check out the facebook group, MakeSmokingHistory, to learn how to support the people in your life that want to quit smoking.

Here are some things you can do to prevent your friends and other young people from smoking.

Young people can:

• Visit the84.org to see what young people in Massachusetts are doing to fight tobacco use, and how you can get involved.
• Teach peers and younger students about the importance of not using tobacco.
• Ask for and support tobacco-free schools and communities.
• Encourage the school to ban ads for tobacco products from student publications and events. 
• Take elective courses in health.
• Volunteer to help in community efforts to prevent tobacco use.
• Suggest that the school paper print a story about tobacco advertising and promotion campaigns aimed at young people.

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