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Take Down Tobacco Day: T-Shirt Competition

Take Down Tobacco Day is fast approaching, and this year we want to celebrate visually! To stand up and speak out against the lies and manipulation of Big Tobacco. With a T-shirt design competition with the theme of taking down tobacco. Our goal is to create the first-ever tobacco-free generation one design at a time.

Design entries can be submitted on the reACT Website via the “Get Involved Tab” in the events dropdown. The competition will open on Monday, February 14^th, 2022, and close on Friday, February 25^th, 2022.

T-shirt Design Requirements

ReACT logo
Take Down Tobacco Logo
Incorporate stand up and speak out theme

On Tuesday, March 1^st, 2022, all the entries will be featured in an Instagram Poll to determine the winning T-shirt design. Make sure you visit the reACT Instagram page to vote on your favorite design. This work is a team sport, and we need your feedback!

On March 4^th. 2022, you can place your order with Qwik Signs & Classic Creations, reACT’s premiere production vendor, to order your Take Down Tobacco 2022 T-shirt!

Qwik Signs & Classic Creations

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (406) 442-0198

Stand up. Speak out. And shirt up for Take Down Tobacco Day Friday, April 1^st, 2022.

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ReACT Summit 2022

The 2022 ReACT Summit is coming up on July 15^th, 2022. Join teens from across Montana for a day full of action-packed competitions, empowering presentations, food, prizes, and a place to stand up against the lies and manipulation of Big Tobacco! Online registration opens June 1^st, 2022

- Competition 1: Nicotine Knockout & Nicotine Nasty Spiff Off
- Competition 2: Duct Tape Fashion Show
- Competition 3: Super Happy Fun Ball
- Competition 4: Karaoke Contest
- Policy Session: The Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program’s Policy Specialist Ellysse Boughey will provide an engaging presentation to actively encourage participants to become policy advocates at the community and state levels.
- Cessation Session: The Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program’s Cessation Specialist Callie Morris will provide an engaging presentation creating peer-to-peer ambassadors for the My Life & My Quit program.

Important Dates

Early Registration Opens: March 1st, 2022
Early Registration Closes: April 1st, 2022
Late Registration Opens: May 2nd, 2022
Late Registration Closes: May 23rd, 2022

**Online Registration Coming Soon! Check out our Instagram & Facebook accounts to learn more about this exciting summer event.

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ReACTor Spotlights Campaign

ReACT is calling all Montana teens to join in the new video series called reACTor Spotlights featuring Montana teen voices for a tobacco-free generation. These videos will be released once a month featured on the reACT website, Instagram, and Facebook accounts. If you have teens in your community who may be interested, please share this information with them. There is no deadline for the submission of videos; this is an ongoing project. Please see the details below.

Video Requirements

Length: 30-60 seconds
Format: mp4
Participant Age: 13-18
Montana Resident
Email videos to ReACT Youth Engagement Specialist

Video Content

Name
Grade
Town/City
Question 1: Why do you stand up against Big Tobacco?
Question 2: What activities do you do to relieve stress?Pledge: I am tobacco-free because – [participant fills in the blank]

Example video: Natalee Bohrer’s Spotlight

National Youth Collaboration Session

Event Postponed.

Red Ribbon Week

Is a national, week-long event every October that focuses on the choice to be free of all drugs—including nicotine, the highly addictive drug in cigarettes and vapes. This year Red Ribbon Week’s theme is “Drug-free Looks Good On Me.”

To get involved you can do the following:
• Enter Your Photos in the Photo Contest
• Enter the Annual “Theme” Contest
• Take the Drug-Free Pledge
Get the details about Red Ribbon Week.

Through With Chew Week

It’s a national week-long event every February to raise awareness about the dangers of smokeless tobacco—including chew and snuff—and encourage people to quit.

Take Down Tobacco Day

This year we celebrate Take Down Tobacco Day on Friday, April 1, 2022. Youth, youth leaders, allies, and advocates are joining together virtually to host events that promote the following ideas with the goal of becoming the first-ever tobacco-free generation.

Raising awareness about the harms of tobacco products across our communities nationwide.
Make a personal commitment to reject the lies and manipulation of Big Tobacco and the Vaping Industry. You can make your commitment today, by signing our tobacco-free pledge and posting it to your social media accounts.
Educate local, county, and state elected representatives to support legislation that protects youth from the harmful marketing of tobacco products.

ReACT is hosting a Take Down Tobacco Day Instagram competition this year. Teens from the state may submit an Instagram post that promotes the mission of creating the first-ever tobacco-free generation incorporating the Take Down Tobacco Day logo.

Five winners will be selected and their posts will be posted to the ReACT Instagram account throughout the first week of April, to celebrate Take Down Tobacco Day 2022!

Winners will receive a reACT goodie box!

This is a day of activism where communities across the globe rally to push for the first tobacco-free generation. Youth tobacco rates are at a 20-year high in the U.S. due to the worsening youth e-cigarette epidemic. Tobacco is the No. 1 cause of death in the U.S. and across the globe. Find out more at takedowntobacco.org.

Chalk Walks

You can do this any time. Just take over a sidewalk that gets a lot of foot traffic. Use sidewalk chalk to write big, bold, brightly-colored facts, stats or quotes about smoking or vaping. You’ll draw attention and help expose the truth.

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