The Event!

Radio interview, newspaper photo, and a whole lot of fun. The Bear River GYC completed its tobacco advocacy event with great success. We've Seen Enough, and we were able to let our community know we don't want to see any more tobacco advertising.

GYC waving to passing cars, standing outside local gas station.

Advertising at gas station convenience stores is one of the last places the tobacco industry is able to advertise. They use this space well, to attract young new smokers. Despite not being able to use many mass media outlets like T.V. or billboards to advertise, the tobacco industry uses retail outlets extremely well. Teens are most likely to smoke the 3 most heavily advertised brands of cigarettes, and most report seeing tobacco advertising all or most of the time when visiting a convenience store.

GYC walking down Main Street with their chains and banner.

Students of the Bear River GYC gathered outside a local convenience store with their signature chains of support and banners with the "We've Seen Enough" message on them. The group spent about an hour walking around town, past some of the major convenience outlets, raising awareness about tobacco advertising. The GYC collected enough interest that members of the community called the local paper to see what was going on. This was a great event to combine all the hard work students had put in all year long. We look forward to the day when we no longer have to be exposed to tobacco advertising.