tobacco awareness Archives - KCAW https://www.kcaw.org/tag/tobacco-awareness/ Community broadcasting for Sitka and the surrounding area Wed, 21 Mar 2018 21:22:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 National tobacco awareness day encourages youth to ‘Kick Butts’ https://www.kcaw.org/2018/03/21/national-tobacco-awareness-day-encourages-youth-to-kick-butts/ https://www.kcaw.org/2018/03/21/national-tobacco-awareness-day-encourages-youth-to-kick-butts/#respond Wed, 21 Mar 2018 19:37:30 +0000 https://www.kcaw.org/?p=64767

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March 21 is Kick Butts Day, a nationwide campaign to raise awareness about tobacco addiction. Amanda Roberts, SEARHC’s Tobacco Health Educator, and Cheri Hample, Clinic Manager with Sitka Counseling and Prevention Services (SCPS), joined us in the studio to talk about a local effort to raise the legal age of sale for cigarettes to 21, tobacco marketing that targets youth, and the rise of e-cigarette use.

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