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TASK is Kansas’ youth-led movement that promotes tobacco free teens and unites communities to create one strong voice standing against the tobacco industry. TASK’s current initiative focuses on reducing tobacco use by Kansas teens and works to establish teen regional boards in the Eastern, Central, and Western regions of Kansas.

21 TASK Groups Receive Grant Awards
Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition would like to announce their latest round of TASK grantees. Grant projects will focus on implementing youth activities targeted towards tobacco prevention. TASK is a statewide youth movement against tobacco. Grantees were awarded up to $1,250 and will run January 12 through March 31, 2010. Click here for TASK grantees.

Check out the 2009 TASK Mini Grantee List for Completed Projects
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The Magical Amount
Part of “The Truth” anti-smoking ads, fairytale creatures sing about how the tobacco companies put just the right amount of nicotine in cigarettes to get people hooked. View video here.

TASK- Smokeless Does Not Mean Harmless

Kansas has a higher than average use of smokeless tobacco among high school males. According to the 2002 Kansas Youth Tobacco Survey approximately one out of every three youth do not know that smokeless tobacco is not a safe alternative to cigarettes. This shows a great need to increase teens’ knowledge about smokeless tobacco!

• Targets youth ages 12-17 in an effort to educate and prevent smokeless tobacco use and encourage quitting.
• Local youth groups participated in creative trainings designed to promote quitting and decrease the likelihood of youth starting to use smokeless tobacco.
• Mini-grants were awarded to local youth groups to create counter-marketing messages and to promote tobacco-free county fairs and rodeos in each of the three regions.