Wacky Tabacky Article

Ever heard of Crown 7, Snus or Ariva? Check out this article from The New York Post which outlines these and other hip, new forms of smokeless tobacco which are gaining in popularity, especially among young women.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08192008/entertainment/wacky_tabacky_125036.htm

You'll hear even more about emerging tobacco trends later in September at our 7th Annual Grantee Conference.

Parenting Workshops - Roanoke area

Guiding Good Choices® Workshops
Building Strong Family Ties

The Roanoke County Prevention Council is offering workshops for parents of children in grades 3 through 8.

The sessions include:
healthy beliefs and clear standards in the family
strengthening parenting skills
strengthening family communication skills
dealing with peer pressure
challenges of adolescence
building protective factors

A special feature of the Guiding Good Choices® program is peer refusal skills. Refusal skills focus on ways to avoid high-risk activities under peer pressure and still maintain important friendships. Workshops are available for: Parents, Schools, Faith Based Groups, Community Coalitions, Civic Organizations Health/Human Service Organizations

Cost to parents attending workshops is $40.00 paid by the first session by cash or certified check payable to Family Service of Roanoke Valley.

Class schedule for September 2008:

Brambleton Center September 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th 6:30pm – 8:30pm


To register for classes contact:
Brooks Michael
Roanoke County Prevention Council
mailto:lhatcher@fsrv.org or 540-314-5030

So many training opportunities, so little time!

Virginia Statewide Parent Education Coalition (VSPEC) will host the

2nd Annual Statewide Parent Education Conference

Parent Education in Virginia ~ We’re All in This Together

Monday, September 15, 2008

TIME: 8:30am-4:30pm (8:30am Registration & Sign In)**
Continental Breakfast and Lunch Provided **
PLACE: Holiday Inn Select Richmond- Koger South Conference Center
10800 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23225

COST: $25.00 Registration Fee (The registration fee will remain the same as last year. This includes all food and conference materials.)

REGISTRATION FORM: The registration form and tentative agenda is available on the Rural Virginia United Coalition web site at www.rvuc.com

Lifestyle Medicine Conference in Salem

Carilion Clinic is sponsoring a two-day, evidence-based, lifestyle medicine conference on Sept 15-16 at Roanoke College in Salem. This cutting-edge event, supported by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, will feature three international experts on the science and practice of lifestyle medicine and is intended for physicians. Psychologists, healthcare providers, educators, scientists and anyone with an interest in the management and prevention of major illnesses would also greatly benefit from this program. Topics include how to prevent and reverse heart disease, nutritional treatments, the looming healthcare crisis and the need for lifestyle medicine.

To register, call 800-422-8482 or visit http://www.lifestylemedicine.org/

More Ammo for Clean Indoor Air

Public smoking bans improve health and now there's one more study to prove it. Check out this link to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that examined hospital admissions for acute coronary syndrome in nine Scottish hospitals before and after their nationwide clean indoor air legislation was enacted.

http://www.rwjf.org/publichealth/digest.jsp?id=8310&c=EMC-ND141

The evidence is mounting so the pressure is on Virginia!

If you are interested in this issue, contact the Virginians for a Healthy Future and ask about their current postcard campaign .

www.smokefreevanow.org

or info@vfhr.org.

Family Day Dinner in Roanoke

If you are in the Roanoke area, mark your calendars for

Monday, September 22nd. Join the Roanoke County Prevention Council's celebration of Family Day with a day to eat dinner with your kids.

Dinner will be provided by Ukrops at 6p.m. at the Arnold R. Burton Center. Seating is limited so RSVP by September 15th at http://www.preventioncouncil4youth.org/

Alicia Keys says "Back Off!" to PM

Read more about how the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and singer Alicia Keys worked together to end Philip Morris branding on her concert in Indonesia.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/31/keys.cigarettes.ap/index.html

More photos from McHarg Elem

Know Your Body at McHarg Elementary

On July 30, I had the pleasure of escorting VTSF Executive Director Marty Kilgore and Delegate Dave Nutter's legislative aide Angie Hall to McHarg Elementary School in Radford. We enjoyed seeing the Know Your Body program implemented with the summer enrichment academy kids. Kudos to Radford City Schools for starting off their grant year with such a fun and fantastic tobacco use prevention program!