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Vermont Youth Speak Out Against Flavored Tobacco
On February 6th, high school
students from across the state
marched to the Vermont
Statehouse and met with lawmakers
to speak out against the
dangerous influence flavored
tobacco has on Vermont’s kids
and teens.
The members of the youth-led
organization Our Voices Xposed
(OVX) come to Montpelier each
year to discuss the challenges
youth face in staying tobaccofree
in Vermont. The students -
representing 17 high schools -
followed the march with a rally
on the steps of the Statehouse
that was punctuated with speeches
by OVX members Emily
Dugan of Fair Haven High
School, Joseph Vineyard of St.
Johnsbury Academy, and Hawa
Adam from Burlington High
School. The student group was also introduced
on the floor of the House of
Representatives by So. Burlington
Representative Ann Pugh, and later met with
legislators, presenting displays and information
about how flavored tobacco products are
marketed to young Vermonters.
Based upon data from the Federal Trade
Commission, the tobacco industry spends an
estimated $17 million each year to market
products in Vermont - with flavors like cherry,
banana, chocolate, blueberry, and other candy
and fruit flavors that appeal directly to kids
and teens. In Vermont, more than 85 percent
of tobacco retailers sell at least one of these
flavored tobacco products. These products,
such as individually sold cigarillos (little
cigars), can cost very little to buy.
It’s the enticement of the flavors that concerns
Fair Haven student Emily Dugan. “My
little brother is 10 years old, meaning he’s
impressionable. He likes ‘yummy’ flavors, as
do so many other kids. Flavored tobacco just
gives Vermont youth a reason to try it,” Dugan
said.
Flavors in cigarettes have been banned
since 2009, but they are promoted in other
tobacco products, such as cigarillos, cigars,
dip, chew and e-cigarettes. According to
Spaulding sophomores Jada MacDonald and Madison
Henderson joined OVX (Our Voices Xposed) youth from across
Vermont at the Statehouse on February 6th to demonstrate their
concern about the dangers of flavored tobacco on Vermont’s
youth. OVX is Vermont’s youth-led movement to end the influence
of tobacco on kids and teens in Vermont.
Rhonda Williams, tobacco control chief at the
Vermont Department of Health, this marketing
works. “Youth consistently report flavors
as the leading cause for trying e-cigarettes and
cigars,” said Williams. “Our data show that
youth in Vermont are twice as likely as adults
to say they would try a flavored tobacco product
over a non-flavored one.”
Williams explained that the pervasiveness
of tobacco marketing that appeals to young
people is one reason the Health Department is
promoting its CounterBalance campaign.
“CounterBalance calls attention to the dangers
of flavored tobacco products, and helps educate
the public and policymakers about this
threat to the health and wellness of our kids
and teens.”
Hawa Adams, a student at Burlington High
School agrees with this focus. “I am concerned
about flavored tobacco because I’ve
witnessed its impact on my close family,
friends and community members. I do not
wish for it to continue to deceive millions
more. I do not want to see anyone else get
hurt.”
Learn more about tobacco use in Vermont
and its health and financial toll: http://www.
healthvermont.gov/wellness/tobacco
Vermont’s Top Youth Volunteers Of 2018
Selected By National Program
Samuel Grandfield, 18, of Waterbury, and
Ella Byers, 12, of Shelburne, were named
Vermont’s top two youth volunteers of 2018
by The Prudential Spirit of Community
Awards, a nationwide program honoring
young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
As State Honorees, Samuel and Ella
each will receive $1,000, an engraved silver
medallion, and an all-expense-paid trip in late
April to Washington, D.C., where they will
join the top two honorees from each of the
other states and the District of Columbia for
four days of national recognition events.
During the trip, 10 students will be named
America’s top youth volunteers of 2018.
Samuel Grandfield, who is Vermont’s 2018
High School State Honoree, was nominated
by Harwood Union High School in South
Duxbury. Samuel, a senior at Harwood Union,
has volunteered for the past two years to help
people in his community stay safe by serving
as a junior firefighter for his local fire department.
He was inspired to join the department
by his former middle school teacher, who
volunteered to fight fires despite a rare liver
• • •
disease that ended up taking her life.
“Her sense of duty and desire to help others
is what motivates me to this day to help others
and give back to my community,” said
Sam.
As a junior firefighter, Sam had to learn
about all of the equipment used in responding
to emergencies, and now has to train constantly
to stay fit and maintain required skills.
He has responded to numerous fires, ranging
from small stove fires to large structure blazes,
as well as several car accidents. Although
he is not allowed yet to enter a burning building,
he assists by managing fire hoses outside,
directing traffic, and cleaning and maintaining
equipment after calls. He also has taught
young people about fire safety at department
open houses, and helped clean chimneys for
community members. After hearing about
Sam’s experience as a firefighter, three of his
friends also joined the fire department. “Being
a firefighter isn’t just a project,” said Sam.
“It’s a commitment to serve your community,
to sacrifice for others.”
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