Preventing Tobacco Use
Among Delaware Youth
Because nearly all smokers start before age 25, our goal is to reduce the number of youth who start smoking to avoid future health problems.
Among our programs which address children and youth:
Delaware Kick Butts Generation (KBG) – A youth-led program in schools and communities
to counter tobacco marketing. KBG has developed its own website at www.ysmoke.org.- Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU) – an established curriculum about tobacco use taught by youth for youth.
- Not on Tobacco (NOT) – an American Lung Association program that helps kids in schools and communities quit smoking.
- Smoke Screamers – A Boys and Girls Club tobacco prevention and educational program that contains a physical activity component.
- Contests for Kent, Sussex, and New Castle County students to develop TV commercials, T-shirt designs, or other media anti-tobacco messages.
We can also provide statistical information, data and reports on tobacco use. Our survey information is available to anyone who ask and includes data from the:
- Youth Tobacco Survey – A survey of middle and high school youth conducted in even years.
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey – a survey of youth ages 9 through 12, conducted in odd years.
You can view these and other surveys on the University of Delaware's youth data website.
Other youth tobacco related websites are:
