Subject: Tobacco and Its Impact in My Community Photo Contest!
Tobacco
and Its Impact in My Community Photo Contest!
In our continued effort for California’s
Winnable Battle: Finish the Fight Against Tobacco, the California
Department of Public Health, California Tobacco Control Program (CDPH/CTCP) is
launching “Tobacco and Its Impact in My Community”, a photo contest to promote
awareness of how the presence of tobacco is still a problem in our state.
Our goal is to showcase images submitted by California students that “tell the
story” about tobacco control issues significantly impacting youth and
disadvantaged communities. These issues include exposure to secondhand
smoke, cigarette butt litter, and tobacco marketing in the retail
environment.
As a sponsor of the photo
contest, the American Cancer Society, California Division (ACS) is providing
$1,000 in cash prizes for the winning photo entries! CDPH/CTCP will
announce the photo contest winners during the week of November 18, 2013, to
coincide with ACS’ “Great American Smokeout” on November 21st.
We highly encourage middle
and high school-age students to enter because they represent an
important age group to engage in anti-tobacco use activities and, in the past,
have demonstrated strong participation in similar contests conducted by
CDPH. CDPH/CTCP is proud to partner with the California Department of
Education, Coordinated School Health and Safety Office, Tobacco-Use Prevention
Education Program (TUPE) to promote the photo contest to middle and high
schools throughout California. All photo submissions will be exhibited
online (this may include the Fight Tobacco Facebook page, the TobaccoFreeCA
Facebook page, as well as the CDPH and CTCP websites).
Submit your photos for any of the
four following categories!
1. Stores
near schools
2. Secondhand
smoke (outdoor and indoor)
3. Cigarette
butt litter
4. “What’s
wrong with this picture?”
Visit the CTCP website at http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Tobacco for
Contest Rules and Requirements, the Contestant Release Form, and photo contest
promotional flyers.
Feel free to share and promote
this exciting opportunity within your networks and encourage photo
submissions! If you have questions regarding the photo contest, please
email CDPH/CTCP at FightTobacco@cdph.ca.gov.
Ofelia
Alvarado, MA, CHES
Advocacy Director
American Lung
Association in California
2750 4th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103
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