(Mason City) – Youth from the state of Iowa will gather in Ankeny June 12, 2013 for the second annual I-STEP (Iowa Students for Tobacco Education and Prevention) Summit. I-STEP is Iowa’s youth-led tobacco prevention movement.
“Our goal is to make the summit an eye opening experience and to gain new I-STEP members. We want this to be fun and spark interest in this organization,” said I-STEP member Bethany. “Many teenagers live for the moment and don’t realize that moment can shape their future.”
All Cerro Gordo County youth between the ages of 12 and 24 are invited to the summer summit, which includes speakers, a dance, and a candlelight vigil. The event is free of charge, and buses are being provided to and from the summit from 20 locations around the state, with routes beginning in Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Dubuque and Ottumwa.
For more information about the Tobacco Prevention Summit, please contact Garrin Buttermore, Community Health Consultant, Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control for Iowa Department of Public Health by phone at (515) 281-4299 or online at this web site.
We must criminalize every youth before they turn 18. We are only getting about 25% of them now.
Just what does that mean??
I sure hope this helps. It seems like every other teenager and even younger that walk by our house have a damn cigarette in their hands. After all of the thousands and thousands of dollars that have been spent trying to educate the kids they don’t seem to be paying any attention.