Kick Butts Day

The Tobacco Action Coalition of Long Island recently visited local Girl Scouts at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library. The purpose of the visit was to inform the girls, from third- through eight-graders, of the many marketing strategies used by tobacco companies to market their product to kids. The coalition started with a quick game focusing on advertising slogans, followed by two short videos to explain the dangers of tobacco marketing. Both videos were written in conjunction with other teens. Next, the girls completed teen post cards and signed a petition poster that proclaims to the tobacco companies that they have “seen enough!”