SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA

TOBACCO USE PREVENTION PROGRAM

In This Issue:

New Cigarette Plain Packaging

Little Big Horn Days

Smoking Does Not Appeal to Youth

Fun Run to End the School Year

Community: Changing Culture, Play Ball

California Lawmakers Vote to Raise Smoking Age to 21

Montana Facts & Figures

Don’t Get Burned! Summer Sun Safety Tips

River Valley Farmers Market

Calendar of Events

Contact Information

MTUPP - Mission Statement

Southeastern Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program Newsletter June 2016

Working Together for a Healthier Tomorrow

Big Horn, Custer, Rosebud and Treasure County Newsletter

Coming June 23, 24, 25, and 26, 2016. Hardin

Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture10 East

Railway—P.O. Box 446 in Hardin is sponsoring

Little Big Horn Days. Call (406) 665–1672 or e-mail—

hardinchamber@gmail.com for more information.

Schedule of events can be found by going to the

Hardin Chamber of Commerce or checking out the

website at http://www.thehardinchamber.com/#!

littlebighorndays/cfvg

World No Tobacco Day takes place every year on May 31.

This year's theme is Get Ready for Plain Packaging.

Plain packaging is an important demand reduction measure that reduces the attractiveness of tobacco products, restricts use of tobacco packag-

ing as a form of tobacco advertising and promotion, limits misleading packaging and labelling, and increases the effectiveness of health warnings.

Guidelines to Articles 11 and 13 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) recommend that Parties consider adoption of plain packaging.

- See more at: http://www.fctc.org/fca-news/world-no-tobacco-day/ world-no-tobacco-day-2016#sthash.gyUQUvT4.dpuf

Fun Run to End the School Year

The Rosebud School ended the year with a huge bang by having the community come together and participate in the reACT Fun Run. The reACT Fun Run was an exciting afternoon full of outdoor activities to promote healthy lifestyles and to show that there are other ways to have fun. This event was put on by the local Rosebud reACT Group. reACT is Montana’s teen-led movement against Big Tobacco. reACT joins statewide youth empower-ment movements across the country in recognizing the power of young people to effectively take on one of our leading preventable causes of death: commercial tobacco use.

The eventful afternoon started out with students and teachers gathering together to participate in a one mile Fun Run race/walk. While some enjoyed a leisurely stroll to the finish line, others duked it out to be the first of three winners who received reACT t-shirts as their prizes. Once everyone returned from the one mile run, they kept themselves hydrated by drinking water and snacking on granola bars. Up next, the students were broken down into teams to participate in some fun relay races to try to win a few prizes. The event was a huge success and the reACTors received many compliments from students and staff to make this an annual event. Everyone that participated received water bottles and were thanked for helping the reACT group put on an exciting reACT Fun Run.

Smoking Does Not Appeal to Youth

Tori Jonas displayed a unhealthy lung to elementary classes at Kircher School. This presentation was of a pigs lung showing the effects that happen to a person who smoked a pack of cigarettes everyday for twenty years. The students were very fascinated by the display and asked many questions about cigarette use and how to help those family members that smoke and want to quit. The lung display was able to be inflated to show where the "person" had cancer from the toxins of smoking. It was a great display for the students to experience the visual effects of tobacco use and the lungs.

When Pittsburgh Pirates ace Francisco Liriano threw out the opening pitch of

the 2016 season, he kicked off a historic season for America’s pastime: 2016

marks the first year in the history of Major League Baseball that some stadi-

ums will be tobacco free.

Laws passed in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco

will prohibit smokeless tobacco at sports venues. California recently passed a

statewide ban. Once the laws go into effect, one third of our ballparks will be smokeless, tobacco-free venues.

Throughout April, the Dodgers, Red Sox, and Giants hosted home openers that were free of smokeless tobacco

at one of the most iconic homes in baseball –Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, and Chavez Ravine.

Culture can play a critical role in the campaign to end tobacco use, whether it ’s cigarette imagery in video games

and youth-rated films, the effects secondhand smoke has on pets, or the fact that smoking has a negative impact

on your dating life. Tobacco use by athletes who serve as role models for young people are another example of

this cultural influence.

In 2013, the most recent year for which data is available, tobacco companies spent $503 million on marketing

smokeless tobacco. Teens, particularly teenage boys, are at risk. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Ser-

vices Administration estimates that 1,000 men under the age of 18 use smokeless tobacco for the first time eve-

ry day.

The effort to ban smokeless tobacco on Major League Baseball ball fields is an effort to reach young males at risk

of using smokeless tobacco through culture. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, high

school athletes are nearly twice as likely to use smokeless tobacco than non-athletes, and that use is growing.

Earlier this year Truth Initiative joined representatives of 34 health organizations in calling on Major League

Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association to prohibit the use of all tobacco products at major

league venues.

Public health agencies and advocates are waging the fight against smokeless tobacco beyond the diamond as

well.

Data from the Food and Drug Administration’s Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study indicates

that 31.8 percent of rural, white males 12-17 years old are at risk of using smokeless tobacco.

The FDA recently expanded its “Real Cost” campaign to educate rural, white male teenagers about the harms of

smokeless tobacco use with the message that smokeless is not harmless. The campaign is selectively targeting 35

U.S. markets, with a message focusing on real-world dangers of smokeless tobacco use, including health and cos-

metic consequences.

FDA will also partner with Minor League Baseball teams to help spread the message. Minor League Baseball

banned smokeless tobacco in 1993.

Getting smokeless tobacco out of baseball stadiums is a real home run and another example of how we can tap

into culture in order to save lives.

For the whole story:

http://www.drugfree.org/join-together/commentary-changing-culture-play-ball/?utm_source=Stay+Informed+-+latest+tips%

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Commentary: Changing Culture, Play Ball

California Lawmakers Vote To Raise Smoking Age To 21

The California Senate voted Thursday to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. The measure is part of a larger package of legislation aimed at cracking down on to-bacco.

If Gov. Jerry Brown signs the bill, California will become the second state, after Hawaii, to raise the age limit for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products. More than 100 cit-ies around the country, including New York and Boston, have

already raised the age limit. A week ago, the California Assembly approved the measure, which — in addition to rais-ing the age limit — regulates electronic cigarettes the same as tobacco products, expands smoke-free areas, increases smoking bans and allows counties to levy higher taxes on cig-arettes than the 87-cent per pack state tax. According to NPR member station KQED, the Assembly's vote came a few days after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors increased the age to buy tobacco products to 21. California lawmakers passed the bill despite lobbying from tobacco interests, the Associ-ated Press reports. The measure also faced opposition from many Republicans, who said the state should not be involved in policing people's personal choices.

"I don't smoke. I don't encourage my children to," said Republican Assemblyman Donald Wagner, according to KQED. "But they're adults, and it's our job to treat our citizens as adults, not to nanny them."

AROUND THE NATION New York City Raises Smoking Age From 18 To 21

But proponents of the bill say raising the age to 21 moves legally purchased tobacco that much farther from younger kids.

"This will save the medical system in the outgoing years millions of dollars," said Demo-cratic Assemblyman Jim Wood, according to KQED. "It will save thousands of lives."

As the AP reported, a 2015 study by the Institute of Medicine "found that if the minimum legal age to buy tobacco were raised to 21 nationwide, tobacco use would drop by 12 per-cent by the time today's teens reached adulthood. In addition, there would be 223,000 fewer premature deaths and 50,000 fewer deaths from lung cancer."

For more information go to:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/10/469961297/california-lawmakers-vote-to-raise-smoking-age-to-21

Focus on Tobacco Use Prevention

Kids who are frequently exposed to tobacco advertising are 60 percent more likely to have tried smoking.

In Montana, the tobacco industry spends more than $30 million each year on advertising; 90 percent is spent on in-store advertising.

The tobacco industry targets youth by selling smokeless tobacco and cigarillos in flavors like grape, cherry, strawberry and fruit punch.

E-Cigarettes

February 2016

Dangerous chemicals and even explosions have been l inked with e-cigarettes, which are unregulated

Over half of Montana high school students report having tried an electronic vapor product and 1 in 3 report currently using them.

Poison control center cal ls in the U.S. related to e-cigarettes have skyrocketed from 460 cal ls in 2012 to over 3,000 in 2015; 58% of these involve chi ldren under the age of five.

http://dphhs.mt.gov/HealthInThe406/Archive#419314927-tobacco-use-and-prevention

Montana Facts and Figures

More than 1,600 Montanans die each year from tobacco -related disease. (TFK, 2015)

Every year, Montanans pay more than $440 million in medical expenditures attributable to smoking; busi-nesses pay more than $368 million in lost productivity due to illness and time off. (TFK, 2015)

20% of all adults in Montana smoke, and 43% of American Indian adults in Montana smoke. (BRFSS, 2014)

Montana adult males use spit tobacco at a rate that is almost double the national average (15% compared to 8%). (BRFSS, 2014)

13% of Montana youth are current cigarette smokers and 12% are current smokeless tobacco users. (YRBS, 2015)

Don’t Get Burned! Summer Sun Safety Tips

Summer is here! Who doesn’t want to be outside, sunbathing, swimming, playing catch on the beach or

just barbequing in the backyard?

While summer means fun in the sun, make sure you’re not getting too much of a good thing. Avoid conse-

quences of overexposure to the sun like sunburns, premature aging of the skin, winkling, and skin cancer,

including melanoma by practicing proper sun protection. The hours between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. daylight

savings time (9 a.m. to 3 p.m. standard time) are the most hazardous for UV exposure in the continental

United States. UV rays are the greatest during the late spring and early summer in North America.

CDC recommends easy options for sun protection:

Sunscreen

Use sunscreen with sun protection factor (SPF) 15 or higher, and both UVA and UVB protection.

Sunscreen wears off. Put it on again if you stay out in the sun for more than two hours, and after you swim or do things that make you

sweat.

Check the sunscreen’s expiration date. Sunscreen without an expiration date has a shelf life of no more that three years, but its shelf

life is shorter if it has been exposed to high temperatures.

Clothing

Wear clothing to protect exposed skin. Loose-fitting long-sleeved shirts and long pants made from tightly woven fabric offer the best

protection from the sun’s UV rays.

If wearing this type of clothing isn’t practical, at least try to wear a T-shirt or a beach cover-up. Keep in mind that a typical T-shirt has a

SPF rating lower than 15, so use other types of protection as well.

Hats

Wear a hat with a wide brim to shade the face, head, ears, and neck.

For the most protection, wear a hat with a brim all the way around that shades your face, ears, and the back of your neck. A tightly

woven fabric, such as canvas, works best to protect your skin form UV rays. Avoid straw hats with holes that let sunlight through. A

darker hat may offer more UV protection.

If you wear a baseball cap, you should also protect your ears and the back of your neck by wearing clothing that covers those areas,

using sunscreen with at least SPF 15, or by staying in the shade.

Shade

Seek shade, especially during midday hours. You can reduce the risk of skin damage

and skin cancer by seeking shade under an umbrella, tree, or other shelters before

you need relief from the sun. Your best bet to protect your skin is to use sunscreen or

wear protective clothing when you’re outside even when you’re in the shade. A wet T

-shirt offers much less UV protection than a dry one. Darker colors may offer more

protection than lighter colors.

For more information , please visit http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/basic_info/

prevention.htm or call 1-800-CDC-INFO.

SAVE THE DATE

Contact Us:

QuitLine: 1-800-784-8669

Debra French RN

tcph@rangeweb.net

(406) 671-9102

Jane Lamb

Tobacco Prevention Specialist

janem@rangeweb.net

(406) 351-2139

Tori Jonas

Tobacco Prevention

Youth Advocate

(406) 351-9143

Visit us on the web at

www.treasurecountyhealth.com

Southeastern Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program

Big Horn, Custer, Rosebud, and Treasure County’s

(406) 342-5886

P.O. Box 201

Hysham, MT 59038

Mission Statement

The mission of the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program (MTUPP)

is to address the public health crisis caused by the use of all forms of

commercial tobacco products. MTUPP will work to eliminate tobacco

use, especially among young people, through statewide programs and

policies.