Nine Doniphan-Trumbull students were honored Thursday morning for their winning entries in the anti-smoking poster contest with the theme "If You Smoke, We All Smoke!"
The contest, sponsored by Tobacco Free Hall County, recognized students for their efforts at the American Cancer Society's annual Great American SmokeOut event, as reported by the Grand Island Independent.
Sandy Yager, project assistant for Tobacco Free Hall County, said 239 students in Hall County submitted drawings for the contest — more submissions than the past two years combined.
The contest is part of Tobacco Free Hall County's larger effort to reduce tobacco use in the community, according to Tim Zeleski, project coordinator for the coalition.
The best anti-smoking strategy is to keep people from ever taking up smoking in the first place, Zeleski said. He said 450,000 people die each year as a result of smoking, so tobacco companies target young people to replace those lost customers.
However, Zeleski told the poster winners that the battle is not yet won. He said many people will still be exposed to secondhand smoke if they live in multi-unit residential buildings. Zeleski said a fourplex, for example, will often have a central heating system and central air conditioning. As a result, if a person smokes in one of the units, everyone in the other three units will be exposed.
The contest, sponsored by Tobacco Free Hall County, recognized students for their efforts at the American Cancer Society's annual Great American SmokeOut event, as reported by the Grand Island Independent.
Sandy Yager, project assistant for Tobacco Free Hall County, said 239 students in Hall County submitted drawings for the contest — more submissions than the past two years combined.
The contest is part of Tobacco Free Hall County's larger effort to reduce tobacco use in the community, according to Tim Zeleski, project coordinator for the coalition.
The best anti-smoking strategy is to keep people from ever taking up smoking in the first place, Zeleski said. He said 450,000 people die each year as a result of smoking, so tobacco companies target young people to replace those lost customers.
However, Zeleski told the poster winners that the battle is not yet won. He said many people will still be exposed to secondhand smoke if they live in multi-unit residential buildings. Zeleski said a fourplex, for example, will often have a central heating system and central air conditioning. As a result, if a person smokes in one of the units, everyone in the other three units will be exposed.
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