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For young people
MySpace and Facebook  The Eighty - MySpace Website
‘The Eighty’ is a myspace website designed to promote the fact that just over 80% of young South Australians DON’T smoke. www.myspace.com/theeighty
Facebook
Become a fan of Quit SA on Facebook! Youth Tobacco-Free Day  Youth Tobacco Free Day (YTFD) is an annual event that aims to raise awareness of tobacco as a health and social issue among young people aged 10 to 25 years in Australia. YTFD was hels on March 19 and highlighted the cost of smoking and encouraged young people to think about other things they could spend their money on. Young people aged 10-25 years were encouraged to enter the on-line competition by simply playing the interactive game 'Scary maths; and filling in their contact details to go in the random draw to win a range of prizes including signed gear from the Hilltop Hoods, iTunes vouchers and gift cards to their favourite clothing store.
An on-line poll called for young people to cast their vote asking if cigarette prices increased to $20.00 a packet, whether this would encourage them to quit smoking or prevent them from taking up smoking. The results of the poll showed 73% of young people voted yes!
Congratulations to the following winners:
$300.00 clothing/Jb Hi-Fi voucher
Michael, SA
Nikki, VIC
Signed gear from the Hilltop Hoods
James, QLD
David, SA
John, VIC
Lauren, VIC
Monique, SA
Stacey, VIC
Big Day Out Quit SA hosts an information stall each year at the Big Day Out. The Quit SA information stall uses a smokerlyser to provide free carbon monoxide testing throughout the day. Non-smokers as well as smokers can have their carbon monoxide levels tested to see their level of passive smoking. People can talk to professional Quitline counsellors on the day if they would like to know more about quitting smoking. Information brochures and merchandise are also available for those interested. So if you are going to be at the Big Day Out, come on over and check out our stall!
Other Youth Events
The Generate O2 Project Officer can also attend and participate in other youth related events including drug and alcohol awareness days.
For more information, please contact:
Eleisha Golding
Smarter than smoking factsheets
Especially for 10-15 year olds, this includes branded information and merchandise. Download factsheets Quit SA Information Sheets
Includes information sheets on various topics including statistics, health effects and legal issues. Download Information Sheets Back to top Links and Other Resources OxyGen Website OxyGen.org.au is an interactive and informative anti-tobacco website developed in collaboration with Quit Victoria and Smarter than Smoking WA. The website is specifically designed for young people and contains the following sections:
Being smoke free-FAQs, mythbusters, comebacks and help quitting
Hard facts-Facts and figures
Tobacco Industry Exposed- Marketing ploys of the tobacco industry
Your stuff- Young people can upload stories, lyrics, pics, videos and fill in the on-line poll
Fun-Interactive games
Resources for schools- An array of resources for educators
If you have any great tobacco prevention ideas you have used in your school or community, let us know at oxygen.org.au. This could include posters, drama productions, experiments etc.
Tobacco education for senior students - Website
A prevention website for the senior years to support teachers with exemplars to illustrate planning on tobacco for SACE Stage 1 Mathematics, English and Australian Studies subject areas. This site also aims to provide an efficient and reliable source of programming and assessment ideas for teachers as well as provide up-to-date information for students. www.tobaccoeducation.org.au  Smarter than Smoking SA Projects |
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