KICK BUTTS DAY AT ROGER DEAN STADIUM MARCH 23rd

    PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL—Kick Butts Day recognizes our youth speaking up about the dangers of tobacco use and how this dangerous addiction begins. The Palm Beach County Health Department’s Tobacco Prevention and Control Program and Roger Dean Stadium are sponsoring Kick Butts Day on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. before the St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets Spring Training game.

    75 members of Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) from John I. Leonard and Royal Palm Beach High Schools will demonstrate a giant interactive board game, participate in street marketing, and have a Project 88 display to visually demonstrate how tobacco use impacts our lives. In the state of Florida, 88 people die every day as a result of tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure.

    Kick Butts Day is a national day of advocacy empowering youth to take a stand against Big Tobacco and the marketing tactics it employs to push its deadly product, resulting in 3,000 kids becoming regular smokers daily.

    Palm Beach County has 16 SWAT clubs with over 400 middle and high school students participating in activities and education about factors leading to tobacco use and the resulting consequences of this addiction.

    For FREE help ending your tobacco addiction, call the Florida Quitline at 1-877-U-CAN-NOW or log on FloridaQuitline.com.

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