NicotineNarcs Take Action Spreading the Message to Flint, Lansing, and Grand Rapids Students planning activites for 2005. As word of the NN activities spread, our group was invited to present our accomplishments to new teen groups forming in other areas. A small group of NN developed a PowerPoint presentation and traveled to Flint/Lansing to present their methods of fighting Big Tobacco to new teen anti-tobacco groups just forming. It was extremely flattering to be selected to do this and a great ego booster for the NN. They recognized they were making a difference. Spreading the Message to Parents A select group of NN presented their activities to over 500 parents through a table display and presentation at CARE’s 8th Annual Parenting Conference. The NN have also: • produced morning announcements to be read over the PA on tobacco facts • produced public service announcements video clips to be shown on school TV during lunch and classroom announcement time • ran a poster contest in local elementary buildings to educate on the dangers of smoking • set up NOT (“Not On Tobacco, an American Lung Society Program) teen cessation classes within their own buildings and recruited peers to attend the 10 week sessions. The Nicotine Narcs booth at the 2005 Parenting Conference targeted the marketing tactics of big tobacco. • Established TATU (Teens Against Tobacco use, an American Lung Association program) within their individual districts. These groups then contacted and set up dates at local elementary schools to do skits and talk with 4th, 5th and 6th graders about the hazards of tobacco use. • Developed a Tobacco Use Survey. The anonymous survey was distributed to students for completion. The accuracy of the survey is uncertain. Because of this, the data was not forwarded to teachers and administrators as originally intended. click here to watch FOX2 Problem Solvers about NicNarcs. (26.5 meg)