The new guy!

Hey everybody,

I’m Eugene, as you can probably tell by that part right above this that says “Written by Eugene” (being discreet never was one of my strengths). For now, I’m sure you’ll refer to me as the new guy at Y St, once you realize people won’t know who you’re talking about when you say my actual name.  New guy, Eugene, Mr. Euge...

Who Really Sees It?

A recent article from The Boston Globe explored tobacco signage and advertising within convenience stores and not surprisingly, found that big tobacco is up to some questionable practices.

It's a known fact that smoking rates are higher among low income neighborhoods and it's no coincidence. As the FDA takes on more and more responsibility in terms of tobacco r...

Tobacco punted from college football stadiums

It looks like Camel may have been a bit hasty in dubbing Snus “stadium friendly.” War Memorial Stadium, the part-time home of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks, is now a tobacco-free facility, and they’re not the only college football facility to make this change.

With the recent progress of indoor clean air laws, Camel is marketing Snus, a smokeless, spit-fr...

Hungry for help- what you can do to fight poverty

As a human being we have three basic needs: food, shelter, and clothing. The bare minimum of each of these is our natural human right. On any given night in the US there are between 440,000-744,313 people without a home according to the National Coalition for the Homeless, and 39% of these homeless are under the age of 18. Having this many people without these basic rights is wrong.  In...

Point-Of-Sale Ads Directly Influence Teens

In a new study conducted by Dr. Lisa Henriksen, a Stanford University School of Medicine researcher, it was found that point-of-sale advertising is the driving force behind coaxing teens to try cigarettes. Point-of-sale (P.O.S.) ads are marketing tools you see in stores that sell the advertised products; posters, lights, cardboard cut-outs, etc.

The study did make note of big toba...

“YSLT Retreat was MINDBLOWING,” multiple sources report

14 Y-Sters + 4 days in Richmond = YSLT GOLD.

Last week, Y St. took another giant leap forward as the new YSLT worked long and hard on making this year the best it can be. Click here to read more about the 2010 Y St. Leadership Team.

Y-Sters attended workshops about your current campaigns, detailed info sessions on tobacco and obesity, writing blogs and reaching out to t...

Y-Sters represent at national retreat in Chicago

Even with busy summer schedules and the YSLT Retreat coming up, Y-Sters Judy and Patrick (from Richmond and Fairfax, respectively) applied and were accepted to attend the American Legacy Foundation’s Youth Leadership Institute from July 11th-14th. Here’s what they had to say:

My trip to Chicago with Patrick and Soni for Legacy's Youth Leadership Institute was every...

Its True

Lynda Mitchell is 52 and she is dying from smoking. She lives in the U.K. and grew up in a household where smoking was the norm; her parents routinely smoked 60 cigarettes per day. It's not overly surprising that Lynda would be a prime candidate to contract Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) but what is surprising, is that Lynda has never smoked a cigarette in her life.

CBS news reports on Y St. and Meltdown!

Summer heat doesn’t stop Meltdown

Meltdown is in the news again.  Must be a day ending in y!  This time the light is shining on the Hou sisters.

The Chesterfield Observer, a local paper just outside of Richmond, interviewed Judy and Christine to learn more about the Meltdown surveys findings that are making some noise on the national scene.

Quotes by Judy and Christine, Y St. mentioned repeate...