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Sweetness Never Tasted so DEADLY

Sweetness Never Tasted so DEADLY. Tobacco use is the SINGLE MOST PREVENTABLE cause of disease, disability and death in the United States. Candy Flavored Tobacco Targets Youth. 90% of today smokers started before they were 18 years old.

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Sweetness Never Tasted so DEADLY

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  1. Sweetness Never Tasted soDEADLY

  2. Tobacco use is the SINGLE MOST PREVENTABLEcause of disease, disability and death in the United States.

  3. Candy Flavored Tobacco Targets Youth • 90% of today smokers started before they were 18 years old. • Candy and fruit flavors mask the bad taste of tobacco, making it easier for kids to start using tobacco products. • These products containing flavors like vanilla, orange, chocolate, cherry and coffee are especially attractive to youth.

  4. Tobacco Companies Target Youth • Young people are much more likely to use candy and fruit flavored products than adults, and tobacco industry documents show that companies have designed these products with youth in mind. • “Cherry Skoal is for someone who likes the taste of candy, if you know what I’m saying”. -Bob Beets, Former US Smokeless Tobacco Sales Representative.

  5. FDA Provisions &Flavored Tobacco • Family Smoking and Tobacco Control Act, signed June 22, 2009 • It included many products… • But others were exempt… • Flavored cigars, cigarillos, bidis, shisha, snus, blunts, and smokeless tobacco are just as harmful as flavored cigarettes and are heavily marketed to youth.

  6. Cigars: Blunts

  7. Cigars: Cigarillos

  8. Cigars: Black & Mild

  9. SpitDipChew

  10. Wraps

  11. SPIT-FREETOBACCO STICKS

  12. SNUS

  13. Candy Flavored Tobacco inVOLUSIA County Think Volusia County is an exemption? Think again… • In Volusia County, 12.2% of middle school students and 26.3% of high school students report using any form of tobacco one or more times in the past 30 days. • In Volusia County, 7.4% of middle school students and 16% of high school students report having smoked cigarettes one or more times in the past 30 days. • 100% of stores surveyed sell candy flavored products at convenience stores in Volusia County.

  14. City and County Candy Flavored Tobacco Resolutions SANTAROSA OKALOOSA JACKSON HOLMES ESCAMBIA WALTON NASSAU WASHINGTON JEFFERSON GADSDEN HAMILTON LEON MADISON CALHOUN DUVAL BAY County Resolutions:Blue Brevard Citrus Collier Desoto Escambia Franklin Gadsden Glades Gulf Hernando Hillsborough Holmes Indian River Jackson Jefferson Leon Madison Martin Pasco Pinellas Polk Santa Rosa Sarasota St. Lucie Union Wakulla Walton Washington BAKER SUWANNEE COLUMBIA LIBERTY WAKULLA TAYLOR City Resolutions:Pink Bay: Callaway, Panama, Springfield Broward: Coconut Creek, Lauderhill Clay: Green Cove Springs Collier: Naples Dixie: Cross City Duval: Baldwin, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach Franklin: Apalachicola Gadsden: Havana, Quincy Glades: Moore Haven Hamilton: White Springs Hardee: Wauchula Hendry: LaBelle, Clewiston Hernando: Brooksville Hillsborough: Tampa Holmes: Bonifay, Esto, Ponce de Leon Jefferson: Monticello Lake: Clermont Lee: Bonita Springs Manatee: Bradenton Marion: Ocala Miami-Dade: Hialeah, Miami Beach Monroe: Key West Okaloosa: Fort Walton Beach Osceola: Kissimmee Palm Beach: Bell Glade, Jupiter, Pahokee, Palm Springs, Riviera Beach, South Bay Pasco: San Antonio Polk: Lakeland Putnam: Crescent, Palatka Santa Rosa: Gulf Breeze, Milton Sarasota: North Port Seminole: Lake Mary St. Lucie: Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce Sumter: Bushnell, Webster, Wildwood Volusia: Port Orange Wakulla: Sopchoppy Walton: DeFuniak Springs Washington: Chipley, Ebro, Vernon, Wausau UNION CLAY ST JOHNS LAFAYETTE GULF BRADFORD FRANKLIN GILCHRIST ALACHUA PUTNAM DIXIE FLAGLER LEVY MARION VOLUSIA LAKE CITRUS Both City and County Resolutions:StripesCollier Gadsden Glades Franklin Hernando Hillsborough Holmes Jefferson Pasco Polk Santa Rosa Sarasota St. Lucie Wakulla Walton Washington SEMINOLE SUMTER BREVARD HERNANDO ORANGE PASCO OSCEOLA POLK HILLSBOROUGH PINELLAS INDIAN RIVER MANATEE HARDEE OKEECHOBEE ST LUCIE HIGHLANDS DESOTO SARASOTA MARTIN GLADES CHARLOTTE PALM BEACH HENDRY LEE BROWARD COLLIER DADE MONROE Grant Funded - Yellow Not Grant Funded - White Updated: January 30, 2012

  15. The Ask • How can we work together to address the issue of candy flavored tobacco in our community?

  16. Thank you • Thank you for your time and interest in protecting our youth • Any questions please contact: Rakinya Hinson, MPH Tobacco Prevention Program, VCHD 386-274-0601 Rakinya_Hinson@doh.state.fl.us

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