Tobacco Free Platte County and Tobacco Free Colfax County are offering a limited supply of t-shirts to advocates who join the effort to reduce tobacco use locally.

The phrase “Children of tomorrow are saved by people of today” with a no-smoking sign is displayed on the front.

Coalition members work together to prevent young people in the Platte and Colfax county, Nebraska, area from starting tobacco use and to promote smoke-free environments.

To find out how to get a t-shirt and get involved in efforts to promote tobacco free kids in the Nebraska counties of Platte or Colfax, drop us a line.

Secondhand smoke causes headaches, nausea and irritates the eye, nose and throat.

Not to mention heart attacks and cancer, killing Nebraskans.

It puts carbon monoxide in the air.

That's according to an ad released this week by Columbus Christian School and Tobacco Free Platte County.

The spot is one of four spots produced as a result of a contest by Tobacco Free Platte County and Tobacco Free Colfax County. The contest recognizes Kick Butts Day, a national day sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. This is the 16th annual Kick Butts Day. The day is a national day designed to promote tobacco free kids.

The ads are being aired this week in the Columbus and Central City, Nebraska, areas.

More than 440,000 Americans die each year as a result of using tobacco, according to a radio ad released this week by Howells Community Catholic Schools and Tobacco Free Colfax County.

Tobacco contains more than 4,000 harmful chemicals, according to the ad. Stopping smoking can help the person who smokes and others, as well, students who produced the ad share.  Secondhand smoke can cause cancer. 

The spot is one of four spots produced as a result of a contest by Tobacco Free Platte County and Tobacco Free Colfax County. The contest recognizes Kick Butts Day, a national day sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. This is the 16th annual Kick Butts Day. The day is a national day designed to promote tobacco free kids.

The ads are being aired this week in the Columbus and Central City, Nebraska, areas.

Secondhand smoke hurts your friendships, your lungs, and your heart. And it can lead to your death.

That's the message of today's featured radio ad. This ad is the second of four ads that took a winning place in a contest sponsored by Tobacco Free Platte County and Tobacco Free Colfax County. 

The radio spot is presented by St. Anthony's Catholic School in Columbus and the Tobacco Free Platte County Coalition. The four winning ads are being aired in the Platte and Colfax county area this week.

The ads are part of an effort recognizing Kick Butts Day, which is today. Kick Butts Day is a national effort sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. Today is the 16th annual Kick Butts Day. Events are planned across Nebraska and in all 50 states.

Howells Community Catholic Schools and the Tobacco Free Colfax County coalition present a radio spot recorded to highlight the dangers of secondhand smoke.

This radio spot is one of four that are being aired this week in the Platte and Colfax county areas. It was chosen as a winner of contest to engage youth in reducing tobacco use run by Tobacco Free Platte County and Tobacco Free Colfax County to recognize Kick Butts Day.

Four radio spots were chosen as winners of the contest. In recognition of Kick Butts Day, one radio spot will be recognized at healtheducation.org each day this week.

Kick Butts Day, Wednesday, March 23, is a day of activism that empowers youth to take action against tobacco use at more than 2,000 events from coast to coast. Kick Butts Day was initiated in 1995 by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. 

Columbus Christian Schools, St. Anthony’s in Columbus, and Howells Catholic Schools have taken the winning spots in a contest co-sponsored by Tobacco Free Platte County and Tobacco Free Colfax County to recognize Kick Butts Day.

Would you like to know more? Get the details of the effort to reduce tobacco use in Nebraska here.

Columbus Christian Schools, St. Anthony’s in Columbus, and Howells Catholic Schools have taken the winning spots in a contest co-sponsored by Tobacco Free Platte County and Tobacco Free Colfax County to recognize Kick Butts Day.

Kick Butts Day, Wednesday, March 23, is a day of activism that empowers youth to take action against tobacco use at more than 2,000 events from coast to coast. Kick Butts Day was initiated in 1995 by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. 

The contest to engage youth in reducing tobacco use was sponsored by Tobacco Free Platte County and Tobacco Free Colfax County, which serving the Nebraska counties that include Columbus and Schuyler.

Students in those counties were invited to create spots to be aired on the radio. The contest was open to all schools and all ages.

Columbus Christian Schools and St. Anthony’s in Platte County and Howells Catholic schools in Colfax County provided the winning entries. These commercials will air on Monday, March 21, through Sunday, March 27. The spots will run on KLIR and KZ-100. 

Four commercials were produced. Two of the commercials are from Platte County and two are from Colfax County. The commercials are scheduled to air between 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 

Tobacco Free Platte County and Tobacco Free Colfax County coalition members work together to prevent young people from starting tobacco use and to promote smoke-free environments in the area of Platte and Colfax counties, Nebraska.