The 2007 Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) results are in and the word is out - Big Declines in Youth Smoking!VTSF had the honor of hosting a press conference last Tuesday where Governor Tim Kaine announced that youth smoking rates in Virginia have hit the lowest point this decade. According to the YTS results, Virginia is almost 5 percent below the national average for high school smoking!
You can read the entire press release and more about the survey in general here:
What phenomenal news and what a great way to share it! The press conference alone reached over 668,000 Virginians and even more have read about our amazing outcomes through The Associated Press, The Washington Post, The Richmond Times, and The Roanoke Times among other print reports.
Enjoy this moment of celebrity, folks because you have all played a part in this incredible achievement. Local programs are a key component to the youth smoking declines we have seen in Virginia over the last six years. Andrew Carnegie once said that teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. I could not agree more.
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