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Tobacco Prevention Expands in STAGES
June 2004

Seattle & King County Public Health has awarded Powerful Voices $15,600 to strengthen and expand the tobacco prevention workshops that we offer through STAGES.  With support from Public Health since September 2000, Powerful Voices has been offering Kick Butts I, a tobacco prevention workshop for young women in the King County Juvenile Detention facility.   In 2003, Public Health funding allowed us to offer Kick Butts Part II alongside Kick Butts I, providing a more direct focus on tobacco cessation readiness.   With this new award, PV will enhance our in-detention tobacco awareness workshop and initiate a post-release component to Kick Butts.   Peer education and drop-in groups will assist girls who are released from detention to increase their awareness and decrease their use of tobacco products.

About The Tobacco Prevention Program
The Tobacco Prevention Program is a program of Public Health - Seattle & King County and focuses on prevention of youth smoking using key strategies including reducing youth access to tobacco through a retailer compliance check program, promoting education to youth in community and school settings, working with the community, businesses and the King County Board of Health.