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​​​WABASH COUNTY COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
"Exposing the Vape Appeal"

VIRTUAL PANEL LIVE ON FACEBOOK
www.facebook.com/wabashcountytobaccofreecoalition

November 12, 2020 @ 6 P.M.

Presenters
  • Dean Gogolewski, Wabash County YMCA CEO – Moderator
  • Miranda Spitznagel,
  • Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Director at the Indiana Department of Health from Indianapolis –E-Cigarette/Smoking and COVID-19
  • Dr. Rafael Nunez, Parkview Wabash Hospital Pediatrician –“Nicotine Addiction – How It Effects the Teen Brain”
  • Dan Gray, Wabash County Tobacco Free Director –
Each school district represented will tell what their school is doing to contain the growing epidemic of teens using the e-cigarette:
  • Manchester Community Schools:
       Dorey Mobley, High School Assistant Principal
  • Metropolitan School District of Wabash County Schools:
       Mike Keaffaber, Superintendent
  • Wabash City Schools:       
       Jeff Galley, High School Assistant Principal
  • Vaping and smoking are more than a public nuisance. They are hazardous to the health of everyone that inhales the cancer-causing carcinogens when exposed to the vapor and/or smoke. They not only cause life threatening diseases, THEY KILL!
  • What makes it worse is that our young people are subjected to these risks that may prevent their bodies from maturing properly. The nicotine addiction controls their lives and the kind of choices they make.​
​QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EVENT,
CALL DAN, WABASH COUNTY TOBACCO FREE COALITION –
260-274-2920 OR E-MAIL: TOBACCOFREEWABASH@HOTMAIL.COM
​THOSE THAT SIGN-IN TO THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION QUALIFY FOR THE DRAWING OF A THREE-MONTH FREE YMCA MEMBERSHIP. JUST PUT YOUR NAME IN THE CHAT BOX TO QUALIFY FOR THE DRAWING. THE PERSON THAT WINS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF THE SESSION. YOU ARE TO CALL THE TOBACCO FREE COALITION OFFICE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO PICK UP YOUR YMCA MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE.
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OUR VISION

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To significantly improve the health of Hoosiers in Wabash County & reduce the disease & economic burden that tobacco use can place on Wabash County residents of all ages.

OUR MISSION

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  • To prevent & reduce the use of all tobacco products in the Wabash County.
  • To protect all Hoosiers from the exposure of tobacco smoke through the education about the dangers of secondhand & thirdhand smoke & reduce its exposure to the public.
  • To change the cultural perception & social acceptability of tobacco use.
  • To prevent initiation of tobacco use to Wabash County youth.
  • To assist tobacco users in cessation.
  • To support the enforcement of tobacco laws concerning the sale & use of tobacco by youth.​

Tobacco Use in Wabash County

In Wabash County 58 deaths were attributed to smoking, 7 deaths were due to secondhand smoke, and there are 1,737 smoking related illnesses.  ​
                                                                                        WABASH COUNTY                                                    INDIANA
Percentage of Adults who Smoke:                                          22%                                                                     21.8%
Percentage of Pregnant Women who Smoke:                      17.0%                                                                   13.5%
Lung Cancer Deaths per 100,000 Residents:                       47.8                                                                       50.7      
Cardiovascular Disease Deaths per 100,000 Residents:   241.2                                                                    243.9 
Deaths attributable to smoking                                               58                                                                 1 1,100
Check Out More Information About the State of Tobacco Control in Wabash County
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Quit Smoking Today
Baby & Me Tobacco Free
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The Truth About E-Cigarettes

Contact Us

41 West Canal Street Wabash, IN 46992
Office Phone: 260-274-2920
Fax: 260-274-0185
​tobaccofreewabash@hotmail.com

Other Resources for Additional Information

https://www.in.gov/isdh/tpc/index.htm
https://www.quitnowindiana.com
http://raiseitforhealthin.com
​https://www.lung.org
https://www.cancer.org

​https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/infographics/policy/pdfs/going-smokefree-matters-multiunit-housing-infographic.pdf#page=1
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