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Students learn to take on tobacco
Kids attend Topeka event, want to challenge big tobacco
take on tobacco
Pictured in the back row are Barton County commissioners Tricia Schlessiger, Shawn Hutchinson, Barb Esfeld, Duane Reif and Donna Zimmerman, and Juvenile Services Director Marissa Woodmansee, Katelyn Sigler with the Health Department, and Ryan Lichter with the 20th Judicial District Juvenile Services Department. In the front are Paige Trendel, Jasmine Figueroa, Alvin Bowyer and Brody Rossman. - photo by DALE HOGG Great Bend Tribune
On March 1 and 2, members of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s Resist program and the Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition hosted Take Down Tobacco Day at the Capitol – a national day of activism where youth are encouraged to speak out against commercial tobacco companies and speak with policymakers about tobacco prevention.