RESIST

About the program

RESIST advocates for the de-normalization of tobacco use among Kansas’ youth and unites communities to create one voice to stand up against the tobacco industry. Youth not only participate in tobacco control prevention activities structured by this program, but they help design and implement them utilizing the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Best Practices for Youth Engagement. This program was designed to influence both the state and local levels of tobacco control and prevention.

RESIST is made possible with the support of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition.

What does this program do?

RESIST works to counteract tobacco influences on Kansas’ youth and get involve in activities such as:

  • Opportunities to attend statewide trainings and events

  • Plan events and participate in strategies to
    reduce tobacco use in Kansas

  • Educate your peers about the harmful effects of tobacco and the manipulative marketing tactics of the tobacco industry

  • Adoption of Tobacco and Vape Free School Policies with disciplinary protocols that support youth tobacco cessation

  • Youth-led, Peer to Peer Tobacco Prevention Education

RESIST strive to change the way people think about tobacco by making it less acceptable and less accessible. By advocating to strengthen tobacco policies that affect how tobacco is sold, where it can be marketed and where it can be used.

How You Can Get Involved

Start a chapter and become a member.

Visit resisttobacco.org and empower your voice!