Debby Woods was appointed to the TPCP advisory board by Governor Mike Beebe in February 2008 to represent the Arkansas Department of Education. She joined the Department of Education in February 2007 as the Physical Activity, Nutrition and Tobacco Coordinator for the Office of Coordinated School Health. She previously spent 31 years in the classroom [...]
Fulton County Hometown Health Coalition is a community-driven initiative to identify, seek and secure resources for improvement of the health and quality of life for residents of Fulton County. The coalition seeks to improve the health and safety of the county through awareness, education, partnerships, prevention and delivery of health care resources and services. The [...]
Arkansas students grades 6-12 created television spots about the dangers of secondhand smoke to submit as entries for the annual SOS drama contest, “The Big Pitch. This year, SOS received 28 entries, the most received in the history of the contest! The television spots were sent to an independent panel of judges from Stephen F. [...]
Winners have been selected out of nearly 1,000 entries received for the 2008 SOS “Clean Air Avengers” essay contest. Entries were divided into three categories: grades 2-3, 4-6 and 7-9, with a first-, second- and third-place winner in each category. Entries were scored by a panel of judges from Stephen F. Austin State University’s English [...]
Act 13 was passed in April 2006 to prohibit smoking in vehicles carrying a child less than six years of age and weighing less than 60 pounds. Although Arkansas was the first state to pass such a law, many Arkansans remain unaware. To increase awareness and decrease violations, SOS created a radio and television advertisement [...]
Arkansas is one of 17 states partnering with the American Legacy Foundation in its new online cessation resource, BecomeAnEx.org. Become An Ex provides tobacco users with the resources to develop a plan for quitting, helps them set a quit date, and allows them to be part of an online community. It aims to help smokers [...]
