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April 30, 2007Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors Youth Advocates of the Year |
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From PR Newswire: Government and Policy: Jolie Yang of Centerville, OH and Kyle Peavley of Trenton, OH, have been named Youth Advocates of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for their leadership in the fight against tobacco. Jolie and Kyle are being honored at a gala in the nation's capital on May 3 along with a national winner, three other regional winners and a group winner. A junior at Centerville High School, Jolie has been a member of Ohio's Asian American Youth Against Tobacco (AAYT) for four years. Jolie was active in the successful effort to pass the Smoke-Free Ohio ballot initiative in 2006 that made workplaces in Ohio smoke-free, including restaurants and bars. Jolie has traveled to Taiwan twice on her own to educate elementary and high school students about the dangers of smoking. Jolie researched social attitudes toward smokers and the tobacco industry in Taiwan by collecting responses to a survey that she wrote. "Every day, 1,000 kids in the United States become regular smokers and one-third of them will die prematurely from tobacco-caused disease. Every year, tobacco use kills 18,600 residents and costs the state over $4.3 billion in health care bills. Nationally, tobacco use kills more than 400,000 people and costs the nation more than $96 billion in health care costs each year. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is a leader in the fight to reduce tobacco use and its devastating consequences in the United States and around the world.
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