Youth Advocacy
VOICE INDIANA ENGAGE.EDUCATE. EMPOWER. VOICE is Indiana's statewide youth empowerment brand. Whsoe initiative is to Engage, Educate, and Empower teens to promote and celebrate tobacco-free lifestyles.
Benefits:
Youth engagement in VOICE provides meaningful opportunities for youth the contribute to tobacco control efforts. We are actively building a network of youth leaders ages 13-18 and a special action squad of youth in grades 5-7 to assist with the design and implementation of initiatives that will educate the community, empower peers, and enact policies to break big tobacco's cultural influence. Peer to peer education has proven effective in reducing teen toabcco use and vaping. VOICE offers opportunities for service projects, scholarship opportunities, lasting community efforts, resume builder, trips down to the statehouse, connect with legislators, and so much more!
Take down tobacco wants you to join thousands of youth advocates across the country to stand up and speak out against the tobacco industry. Check out their website to learn how you can get involved!
Scan the QR code or click here to see what VOICE Indiana is up to and to learn more about what our youth advocates do.
DID YOU KNOW? :
- Did you know of 3 million middle school and high school students about 555,000 of them smoke E-cigarettes in Indiana alone?
- Did you know that tobacco companies pay for sellers to put their products at eye level for the youth to see?
- Did you know that Industry documents show that the tobacco companies have a long history of developing and
marketing flavored tobacco products as “starter” products that attract kids?
Find out more facts here!