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Article: VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH LAUNCHES 'BUTTS OF HOLLYWOOD' CAMPAIGN TO TAKES AIM AT CIGARETTE USE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 28, 2007
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The Vermont Department of Health issued the following news release:
The Vermont Department of Health is launching its "Butts of Hollywood" campaign with two primary goals: to educate youth about tobacco use in the movies, and to inspire teens to think critically and start talking about what they are seeing onscreen.
The youth smoking rate in Vermont is currently 16 percent, close to the Vermont Department of Health's goal of bringing the rate down to 15 percent by 2010. Exposing the influence of tobacco use in the movies could help reduce this number even further.
"The numbers are startling," said Sharon Moffatt, RN, MSN, acting commissioner at the Vermont Department of Health. "Nearly 4 ...