WHS Students Working Against Tobacco

**Call 1-800-YES-QUIT to help you or a loved one stop smoking**It's free and confidential**Call 1-800-YES-QUIT to help you or a loved one stop smoking**It's free and confidential**Call 1-800-YES-QUIT to help you or a loved one stop smoking**It's free and confidential**Call 1-800-YES-QUIT to help you or a loved one stop smoking**It's free and confidential**Call 1-800-YES-QUIT to help you or a loved one stop smoking**It's free and confidential
"Smoking is Suicide--Secondhand Smoke is Murder"!!

Ashley Shultz--2005 Youth Advocate of the Year Award Recipient with Congressman Michael McCaul

Purpose of Organization:	To try and educate the community in various ways and prove to them tobacco is extremely harmful. The ultimate goal eventually is to make America smoke free!
Sponsors:	Glenda Batiste at Waller High School Shelly Shultz at Waller Junior High
Creator:	Ashley Shultz former WHS student
Number of Members:	10
Meetings:	Every other Wednesday @ 7 am and 3 pm
Events: (Most events will be held in conjunction with the WJH SWAT Team)	October -Tobacco Booth-Thursday, October 26 @ Homecoming Bash November -Collect food to give needy family for Thanksgiving December -Tobacco Booth will be held Monday, December 3 @ WHS Basketball Game January -Tobacco Booth-TBA February -Cigarette Butt Clean-Up-TBA March -Tobacco Booth-TBA April -Fundraiser-Car Wash-TBA
Interesting Facts:	The average age for children to start smoking is 12 years old! Second hand smoke kills more than 50,000 Americans yearly! **1200 People die every day from tobacco usage or second hand smoke! **For every cigarette that you smoke, you decrease your life by 8 minutes. That is longer that it takes to smoke a cigarette!