Activities and Events

Retailer’s Education Project
Contact Information: C.A.R.E. – (586) 541-0033, Extension 220
Youth Tobacco Act

The Macomb County Tobacco Prevention Coalition concentrates one of its objectives on decreasing tobacco sales to underage youth. This retailer’s education project, called “Tobacco-Teens-And You – A Merchant’s Packet on the Youth Tobacco Act” is an educational initiative for retailers to check I.D. of young people in order to reduce the sales of tobacco to minors and to say “Thanks for Asking” to the many retailers who follow the law.

Talking Tobacco
Contact Information: Ken Lampar (586) 247-4940 ken@lampar.com

A one-hour power point presentation is available for all 5th grade classes in Macomb County elementary schools. This presentation covers the addictive power of nicotine, the 4,700 chemical compunds in cigarette smoke and the diseases and death that are a consequence of using tobacco, and the clout of cigarette companies through advertising. It offers children the power to make a healthy choice to not smoke.

Tobacco Cessation Information Community Outreach
Contact Information: Macomb County Health Department – (586) 412-6393 ricki.torsch@macombcountymi.gov

The Macomb County Tobacco Prevention Coalition will provide a display board, which highlights the negative health consequences of tobacco use and the serious health effects of secondhand smoke, to school and community health fairs. Counseling prospective quitters and providing a “Quit Kit” with follow-up contact is also a service. The “Smoke-free Home” campaign, developed by the American Lung Association, is also marketed and information to participate is provided.

Tobacco Education: Show and Tell
Contact Information: Macomb County Health Department – (586) 412-6393 ricki.torsch@macombcountymi.gov

School-based interactive tobacco prevention presentation for grades three and four. Focuses on the 4,700 deadly poisons in cigarette smoke. Encourages sharing tobacco information with family members. Promotes lifelong commitment never to smoke by signing a “no-smoking” pledge.

Tobacco Education: Truth or Dare
Contact Information: Macomb County Health Department – (586) 412-6393 ricki.torsch@macombcountymi.gov

School-based interactive video and tobacco prevention presentation for grades six through eight. Graphically demonstrates the deadly effects of cigarettes and spit tobacco. Reveals how smoking speeds the aging process. Dramatically portrays the consequences of behavioral choices today on personal health tomorrow.