LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Every year at the Farm Show
there are new and more things for
kids to do. Whether you go for the
day or for'the week, you will find
plenty of activities to keep you
entertained.
This year, a popular booth for
kids was the Youth Against Tobac
co Team. Thousands stopped by
the booth to pick up colorful anti
smoking posters and pins.
The one poster featured animals
smoking cigarettes and read; Nev-
Cheryl Wieder of the Pa. Department of Health wears a
duck hat as she warns kids against using tobacco.
Joseph Lee Rutt, 6, and his brother Austin, 1, hold up the
poster that shows animals smoking cigarettes. “You
shouldn't smoke,” Joseph said, “because It looks stupid
and it isn’t good for you.” The boys are the sons of Leonard
and Marlene Rutt of Denver.
‘Just For Kids Fun’ At Farm Show
er smoke cigarettes. It looks Just as
stupid when you do it.
The other poster had a bunch of
animal butts on it. The caption
read; Butts are gross.
Visitors could exchange a hat,
T-shirt or any article of clothing
that was part of tobacco promotion
for a new one with an anti-smoking
message.
Kids were encouraged to sign a
pledge to become a member of the
Youth Against Tobacco and prom
ise not to use any tobacco pro
ducts, including cigarettes, cigars,
pipes, and smokeless tobacco.
They also promised to encourage
others not to use tobacco products.
Did you know:
• that tobacco is the leading pre
ventable cause of death in the U.S.,
killing about SGO.OOO Americans a
year.
• tobacco contains nicotine that
is an addicting drug just like heroin
or cocaine.
• tobacco is the only product that
when used as the manufacturer
intends causes disease and death.
• smoking kills more people in a
derow asks the audience. The answer: He didn’t have the
is to do it.
“Hey, you woke me up,” said Tony Mase, 7, who with his sister Alicia, , was trying
to find some naptime on the hay bales. Parents are Gary and Patty Mase of Lebanon
who show dairy animals.
Four-year-old Josh samples some of the apple pies that were cut and sei
audience during the contest. With him are his parents, William and Paula Anderson,
and a sister, Meagan, 9.
year than AIDS, cocaine, heroin,
alcohol, fires, automobile acci
dents, homicide, and suicide
combined.
• About 90 percent of all smok
ers begin smoking before they are
18 years old.
You can receive many more
facts and information about Youth
Against Tobacco Campaign, by
writing to Pa. Dept, of Health, Div.
of Health Promotion, Tobacco
Control Program, P.O. Box 90,
Harrisburg, PA 17108. 1 (800)
talk with children, but he
doesn’t like to have his pic
ture taken.