Youth Statistics:

90 % of adult smokers started the habit as children and teens

Big tobacco spends more than $4 million a week in Colorado advertising a product that kills when used as directed

Big tobacco places its deadly products in 80% of retail outlets

Statistics taken directly from www.getrealcolorado.com.

For more information, please visit www.getrealcolorado.com or www.ownyourc.com.

WANT TO QUIT??

FixNixer.com is a free, online and text-messaging cessation tool that guides a user through the process of quitting smoking or chewing tobacco in just 21 days.  From tips and tools that help with preparation, to a personal QuitBlog and motivational text messages that help users stay strong, the FixNixer puts the individual in control.  To use FixNixer, visit www.FixNixer.com.  

Face it. Quitting smoking is hard to do. Quitting alone - now that's even harder. In fact, only 3 percent of people who quit by themselves are successful. That's why www.quitdoingit.com was developed-a futuristic lab that features two great resources to help you quit smoking.  Sign up with a coach at Colorado QuitLine and receive a free supply of patch or use the world's only text-messaging tool, FixNixer.  Whatever way works best for you, we just want to make sure that this time is the last time you quit.

Tobacco Prevention Programs for Youth

School Grants

Broomfield High School and Legacy High School  received Tobacco Prevention grants from the Rocky Mountain Center for Health Promotion and Education.  Both schools are working on tobacco prevention, education, and cessation.  For additional information on RMCHealth's K-12 Tobacco Prevention Initiative, please visit their website at http://www.rmc.org/K12/k12tobacco.html.  Broomfield HHS works with the schools on this initiative.

Broomfield Get R!eal Coaltion

Get R!eal (Resist! Expose Advertising Lies) is a Colorado Youth Movement aimed at exposing the advertising lies of the tobacco industry.  Visit www.getrealcolorado.com for information on youth advocacy.

Tobacco Free Schools

The Broomfield Tobacco Prevention and Education Program works with any school that would like to evaluate their level of compliance to the tobacco free schools law.  We provide an easy to use check list and individual action plan for each school.  Read the Tobacco Free Schools Law HERE.