LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 21, 2008) – Stamp Out Smoking, the media and public relations campaign for the Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program, has announced the winners of its fifth annual “The Big Pitch” drama contest.
Fayetteville High School Team A was awarded first-place and was presented with a $2,500 gift certificate [...]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 31, 2008) – The Youth Extinguishing Smoking Team is hosting its first Arkansas Tobacco-Free Kids Day on April 2, on the steps of the Capitol. The kick-off at the Capitol is the first of several events that will take place throughout the day to promote tobacco-free lifestyles and expose the tobacco [...]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 11, 2008) – Today, Dr. Carolyn Dresler of the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) announces a new “get out the vote” initiative that urges all Arkansans to rally around Stamp Out Smoking, the media and public relations campaign of the ADH Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program.
“For the first time since the [...]
LITTLE ROCK (Feb. 5, 2008) – Stamp Out Smoking (SOS), the media and public relations campaign for the Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program (TPCP), announced today the 2008 “SOS Clean Air Avengers ” essay contest. This contest will give Arkansas students in grades 2-9 the opportunity to submit an [...]
LITTLE ROCK (January 29, 2008) — Stamp Out Smoking (SOS), the media and public relations campaign for the Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program (TPCP), announced today it would sponsor the fifth annual tobacco-free drama contest. Entitled “The Big Pitch,” the contest will give students across Arkansas the chance to write [...]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Jan. 17) —The American Lung Association recently awarded Arkansas with an “A” in tobacco prevention and control spending in its report “State of Tobacco Control 2007,” which also included an “A” in smoke-free air laws.
The annual report tracks progress on key tobacco control guidelines at the state and federal levels, [...]
LITTLE ROCK (Dec. 18, 2007) – Stamp Out Smoking (SOS), the media and public relations campaign for the Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program (TPCP), announced today Father Alberto Cutié will join other celebrities in the efforts to promote a healthy, tobacco-free life. The SOS celebrity campaign has enlisted high profile [...]
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. (Dec. 19, 2007) – Stamp Out Smoking (SOS), Arkansas’s Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program, through the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), is inviting Arkansas primary and secondary schools to help spread the smoking prevention and cessation message again this year.
Although many steps have been taken to discourage non-smokers from ever smoking [...]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Dec. 19, 2007) – Students at 15 Arkansas High Schools have been selected to receive $1,000 per school to implement service-learning projects for Stamp Out Smoking (SOS), the media and public relations campaign for the Arkansas Department of Health’s Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program (TPCP).
(Little Rock–) While national smoking rates for high school kids have stopped declining, Arkansas’s rate has hit an historic low, according to a new study by the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). The Youth Tobacco Study (YTS) released today shows that between 2000 and 2007, the rate of current cigarette smoking dropped from 35.8 to [...]
