Gadsden County SWAT

06/15/2012

Thanks to everyone who made it to our Partnership training today--it was the perfect way to spend my last day with SWAT and the To***co Free Gadsden program! Good luck to you all as you continue to do great work for this county and know you have the skills needed to make the dream of a To***co Free Gadsden a reality. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your SWAT Coordinator! -Katie

06/13/2012

The Gadsden County To***co Free Partnership Training will take place this Friday from 10-3 at the Gadsden Historical Society in Quincy. Please join us for the last event of our fiscal year! It is FREE and open to the public!

05/31/2012

Our World No To***co Day event is TONIGHT! Join us at 5:30 at the Gadsden Arts Center to hear Kara Endsley speak on the history of to***co marketing in the African American community. This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Light refreshments will be provided.

05/22/2012

Gadsden County SWAT represented at this past weekend's Regional Training in Panama City Beach. What cool things would YOU like to see SWAT do next year??

05/16/2012

The last partnership meeting of the year is tomorrow at Gadsden Central Academy (655 S. Stewart St.) from 3:30-4:30. We always enjoy seeing our SWAT youth at these meetings!

05/15/2012

Miami-Dade could become the first county in Florida to pass a flavored to***co ordinance! This is what all of our hard work with this policy is about! Read more here:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/14/2799667/selling-flavored-to***co-products.html

Trying to discourage kids from using flavored chewing to***co and ci**rs, county commissioners will take a preliminary vote Tuesday on banning their sale.

05/14/2012

On June 5 Californians will have a chance to vote on Proposition 29, which will raise the cigarette tax from $.87 to $1.87. The estimated $800 million/year this tax will raise will go towards cancer research. Read more about the proposition here and follow this story with us over the next few weeks: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-to***co-tax-20120514,0,4995676.column

SACRAMENTO — Cigarette makers have a certified history of deception, distortion and lying. And let's not forget fraud and racketeering.

05/08/2012

Our SWAT Leadership Training with NBR and Tammy is THIS weekend! We look forward to meeting all of the 2012-2013 SWAT leaders!

04/20/2012

KICK BUTTS DAY is tomorrow! Bring your family and friends to the Rec Center in Quincy at 10 AM for our annual kickball tournament.

04/17/2012

Australia is proposing some of the strictest regulations on cigarette packages that we've ever seen. If the courts approve the plain-packaging laws, Australia will be the first country to ban colors, logos, and unique branding on cigarette cartons. This could help pave the way for other countries--including our own--to do the same. Read more here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304299304577349063837454118.html %3Darticle

Australia's highest court Tuesday began hearing a challenge from big to***co companies to tough new plain-packaging laws due to come into effect later this year, in a legal battle being closely watched internationally.

04/13/2012

To***co accounts for about 80% of lung cancer diagnoses in women, but it can sometimes take upwards of twenty years from when a smoker first starts using to***co to notice any symptoms of this number one cancer among both women and men in our country. Read more about rising lung cancer rates in women in this article: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/lung-cancer-rates-in-women-are-rising-7642888.html

Rates of lung cancer are continuing to rise in British women, with more than 18,000 cases diagnosed in 2009, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK.