Tobacco Prevention & Control Program
403 S. Alaska St., Palmer AK. 99645

Alaska Family Services Tobacco Prevention & Control Program is funded by the State of Alaska with Master Settlement monies.

The Program goals are to:

For a copy of the action plan click here

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Teens Against Tobacco Use ® (T.A.T.U.) is a youth empowerment program teaching teens to fight back against tobacco use. Essentially, we turn teens into teachers. Recent focus groups have shown that teens are eager to talk to younger kids about tobacco use. Younger children are impressed by teenage role models and enthusiastically understand and accept the information which they are presented. By encourageing & supporting the T.A.T.U. program in your school, you will be making a huge step in preventing today's youth from becoming tomorrow's tobacco users. T.A.T.U. is also the approved tobacco prevention education trainng for Raze, the statewide, youth led, prevention movement sponsored by the Division of Tobacco Prevention.

T.A.T.U. Mission & Goals

The overall goal of T.A.T.U. is to help our youth remain tobacco free. Teen facilitators also gain experience and skills that will help them in a wide range of adult activities. T.A.T.U. concentrates on the following five components designed to prevent tobacco use. As teachers, teens will:

1. Develop skills to teach younger children about tobacco use and to become advocates for a tobacco-free community.
2. Understand and identify the positive aspects of being tobacco-free and realize that the majority of teens do NOT smoke.
3. Understand how tobacco advertising and promotions deceive youth.
4. Understand how getting hooked on tobacco destroys youth's freedom and control over their personal lives.
5. Develop self-confidence.

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Make someday, today! Quit smoking today!

Alaskans who use tobacco and want help to quit can now receive a free eight week supply of Nicotine Replacment Therapy (NRT) patches by calling the toll-free Alaska Tobacco Quit Line at 1-888-842-QUIT (7848).

Callers who would like patches to help them quit smoking must agree to free phone counseling. The counselors are trained to provide nicotine cessation support. They will help tobacco users establish a quit plan and quit date.

Three weeks worth of NRT patches will be sent initially, with an additional five-week supply available two weeks after the callers quit date if requested during a counseling call.

Court Ordered Youth Offender Tobacco Education (COYOTE) is a program developed by Alaska Family Services Tobacco Prevention and Control Program in response to a need identified by local judges in the Matanuska Susitna Valley. The class will be part of the sentenceing requirement for youth who are caught illegally using tobacco products.

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