Activities and Events

Freedom From Smoking
Contact Information – Macomb County Health Department – (586) 412-3399

Freedom From Smoking, an eight-week smoking cessation program, is periodically offered to residents in Clinton Township and in Mount Clemens through the Community Health Outreach Program.

NicotineNarcs - www.nicotinenarcs.com
Contact Information: C.A.R.E. – (586) 541-0033, extension 221 or jsiefert@careofmacomb.com

The Macomb County NicotineNarcs are a group of more than 100 teens from across Macomb County who have taken up the fight against “BIG Tobacco.” They have held rallies at Freedom Hill on World No Tobacco Day and the AMC Forum 30 on the eve of the Great American Smokeout to demonstrate how many people die each year from tobacco related illness and to address the issue of “placement smoking” in movies. Their fight will continue next year with a grant from Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan in local communities and school districts to help eliminate underage smoking.

Retailer’s Education Project
Contact Information: C.A.R.E. – (586) 541-0033, Extension 221
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. The next project will be held in the Fall of 2003 with the Utica Community Schools.

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.

T.A.T.U., Teens Against Tobacco Use
Contact Information: Macomb County Health Department – (586) 412-6393 ricki.phillips@macombcountymi.gov

Teens Against Tobacco Use is a program designed by the American Lung Association and sponsored by the Macomb County Health Department. High School Students, with the help of our health educators, are empowered with the knowledge and skills it takes to teach elementary and middle school students of the dangers of tobacco use.

Tobacco Cessation Information Community Outreach
Contact Information: Macomb County Health Department – (586) 412-3399 sheila.munro@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.phillips@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.phillips@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.