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Get your school ready for TTFKD 2012 now! Your school can do something as simple as broadcasting tobacco-free messages on announcements or as elaborate as organizing students for a major educational activity.

Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day (TTFKD) is an annual awareness day in Texas to encourage students of all ages to live tobacco-free lifestyles. Sponsored by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and the Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC), the goal of this year's event on March 21, 2012, is to get every school in Texas involved in the effort to help children make healthy choices by not using tobacco.

TTFKD is held in conjunction with Kick Butts Day, a national event sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The day is an annual celebration of youth leadership and activism in tobacco prevention efforts. On Kick Butts Day, thousands of youth will organize activities to expose and counter the tobacco industry's powerful promotional strategies aimed at youth. Some of the past activities include youth-led rallies in state capitals, surveys of tobacco advertising in local stores and street activism events.

• TTFKD Activity Guide
• Get the Word Out
• Educate the Masses
• Project Planning Guides
• Cool Stuff You Can Use
• TTFKD Event Reporting
• TTFKD Event Pictures

We hope that you use these activity ideas and the other information on our website to conduct some really cool awareness events and activities! Also, we'd love to hear back from you about what you did and how everything went. Don’t forget to register for Say What! for even more activity and event ideas!

Thanks for working toward a Tobacco-Free Texas! Remember to TAKE ACTION and HAVE FUN on March 21, 2012 - Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day!

We also have two Project Planning Guides if your group is interested in going beyond a one-day event to make a lasting impact in your community:

• FDA Focus
• Policy Focus

• 1200 Jerseys
• City Billboard
• Educate the Masses
• Flash Mob
• Morning Announcements
• Petition
• Smoke-Free Sit-Ins
• Write

Feel free to use these materials to let everyone know what you are doing.

• Media Advisory
• Press Release

Feel free to use these powerpoint presentations to educate everyone you know.

• Advocacy in Action
• FDA Regulations
• Lights Camera Advocacy
• Make Your Voice Count

You can also use these materials with your presentations.

You will need a current copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files.

• Buying Or Selling Tobacco Products To Minors
• What Is Secondhand Smoke

Please feel free to use these logos and templates to put on any promotional items, forms, or flyers for your planned Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day events and activities.

Color Logo
Right-click on the logo link and select "Save Target As..." from the menu options.

More images you can use to make buttons, stickers and banners...

• Build the Team
• Create Change
• I Support It!
• Live Tobacco Free
• Spread the Word
• Tobacco-Free Texas
• Secondhand Smoke Poster
• Up In Smoke

Schools or groups will be eligible for scholarships to attend a statewide summit in the summer of 2012.

Check out pictures from around the state from previous TTFKD events.

2010 TTFKD Pics
2009 TTFKD Pics
2008 TTFKD Pics
2007 TTFKD Pics