HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation proclaiming March 25, 2009 as Kick Butts Day 2
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE March 25, 2009 AS
ORANGE COUNTY KICK BUTTS DAY
WHEREAS, Kick Butts Day is an annual national initiative sponsored by the Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Kids that makes students leaders in the fight against tobacco use
and exposure to secondhand smoke; and
WHEREAS, the 2007 North Carolina Youth Tobacco Survey revealed that 27% of NC high
school students and 9% of NC middle school students currently use some form
of tobacco; and
WHEREAS, the Tobacco Reality Unfiltered (TRU)Program of Orange County, funded by the
NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund, has been working with youth since 2003 to
prevent tobacco use and develop positive decision-making skills among middle
school and high school students in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the Healthy Carolinians of Orange County Partnership's 2007 Community Health
Assessment revealed lower percentages of smoking among Orange County
youth since 2003 indicating positive contributions from the Orange County
Tobacco Reality Unfiltered program; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Schools Smart Track Survey Report revealed that an
average of 15% of 10th graders smoked in the past 30 days and the Chapel Hill-
Carrboro City Schools Youth Risk Behavior Survey revealed that 5.7% of middle
school students and 12.2% of high school students smoked in the past 30 days,
showing that the need remains to educate students about being tobacco-free;
and
WHEREAS, the Orange County TRU program will continue to use social marketing, peer
education, and merchant education to educate youth and their parents or
caregivers, and the community about the dangers of tobacco use; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Health Department recommends that proclaiming March 25
as Kick Butts Day will increase community awareness of the need for preventing
tobacco use and for continuing public health education programs for youth;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it recognized that the Orange County Board of Commissioners do
hereby proclaim March 25, 2009 as Orange County Kick Butts Day.
This is the 17th day of March 2009.
Valerie P. Foushee, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners