Cameron/Willacy TPCC

The Tobacco Prevention & Control Coalition aims to increase awareness among youth of the dangers of tobacco use and reduce Hidalgo County's usage of tobacco.

[Cameron/Willacy TPCC @UNIDAD_TPCC]

TPCC would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to all the counselors in Cameron and Willacy county for giving us the opportunity to educate our community about the dangers of nicotine products. We appreciate all that you do. Happy National School Counseling Week! THANK YOU! #NSCW2022 🚭

[Cameron/Willacy TPCC @UNIDAD_TPCC]

TPCC would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to all the counselors in Cameron and Willacy county for giving us the opportunity to educate our community about the dangers of nicotine products. We appreciate all that you do. Happy National School Counseling Week! THANK YOU! #NSCW2022 🚭

[Cameron/Willacy TPCC @UNIDAD_TPCC]

The 2021 TxSayWhat Youth Action Summit is happening virtually this year. TPCC Cameron & Willacy Counties is hosting this summit which takes a look at the dangers of vaping, how tobacco is a social justice issue, how youth in Texas can advocate for vaping prevention and much more!

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While a typical cigarette requires about 8 to 10 puffs, an hour-long hookah session may involve 100 to 200 puffs, potentially exposing the user to more smoke over a greater period of time.
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Are you ready for our 3rd episode of our tobacco series?! This PSA is on the dangers of hookah and how it may be introduced to youth and how they can rise above. Enjoy our video!

CONTACT US
Sarah Garcia [email protected]
or
Marcus Puente [email protected]
956-423-0018 ext. 13

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Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. This is about one in five deaths annually, or 1,300 deaths every day.
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[Cameron/Willacy TPCC @UNIDAD_TPCC]

Hello again everyone!

Here's our second episode of the tobacco series. This video has 2 risk factors of youth being bored and peer pressure. Enjoy our video! Hope you like it!

CONTACT US:
Sarah Garcia [email protected]
or
Marcus Puente [email protected]
956-423-0018 ext 13

[Cameron/Willacy TPCC @UNIDAD_TPCC]

Ecigarettes are more popular than any traditional tobacco product for youth. In 2015, the U.S. surgeon general reported that e-cigarette use among high school students had increased by 900% and 40% of young Ecigarette users had never smoked regular tobacco
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[Cameron/Willacy TPCC @UNIDAD_TPCC]

Hey Everyone!!

Here is the first episode of the tobacco series we worked on; we wanted to show examples of how tobacco can present in real life scenarios.

CONTACT US:
Sarah Garcia [email protected]
or
Marcus Puente [email protected]
956-423-0018 ext. 13

[Cameron/Willacy TPCC @UNIDAD_TPCC]

Join our Facebook Live, Thursday, September 17th at 4:00pm, to learn how to do some scratch art.
Check the post below to see what materials you will need to follow along

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Did you know that cigarette lights are the leading cause of fire deaths?

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It is important to understand that we are creating awareness.
Littering cigarette butts is a health hazard and extremely dangerous when lit while being disposed.
Only 38% of a cigarette butt is decomposed after 2 years! Let's keep our environment clean and safe.

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Canadian police chief gives $575 ticket to driver: "575 reasons to not throw your lit cigarette out the car window in front of @vicpdcanada," he tweeted. "Happened in front of me on the hwy."
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Across the U.S., teachers and school administrators are struggling to deal with the youth e-cigarette epidemic.

In Upstate New York, an assistant principal compared e-cigarettes to cell phones: “It’s kind of getting to the point where everybody has one.” https://t.co/Bzj20CR5I1

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Students from Jose Borrego Middle School received back to school supplies and back packs. Each product contained information reminding them to stay tobacco free ! #UnidadTPCC

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Some of the most common reasons why people start smoking are...all of my cool friends were doing it, I used to drink so I thought why not try this too, and it helped me puff away my boredom. #LiveTobaccoFree #BeSmartDontStart

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Cigarette butts have long been the single most collected item on the world’s beaches, with a total of more than 60 million collected over 32 years. https://t.co/MGY69ed8jC