Texas Youth Tobacco Awareness Program (TYTAP)

The reference for the following information is located at http://ncadi.samsha.gov 

Taken from a pamphlet entitled "Tips for Teens-Tobacco".

Tobacco—cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and snuff—damages your health. Smoking, which is the most common cause of lung cancer, is also a leading cause of cancer of the mouth, throat, bladder, pancreas, and kidneys. Over 13 percent—3.3 million— of youths aged 12 to 17 used a tobacco product in the past month.1 Smokeless tobacco contains 28 ingredients that can cause cancer in your lips, tongue, cheeks, gums, and the top and bottom of your mouth.²

Tobacco affects your body’s development. Smoking is particularly harmful for teens because your body is still growing and changing. The 200 known poisons in cigarette smoke affect your normal development and can cause life-threatening diseases, such as chronic bronchitis, heart disease, and stroke.

This pamphlet is informative and provides the facts of tobacco use. It outlines the facts of early use of tobacco products.  it advises us to be aware of the effects of using tobacco.  We should know the law, be informed, help others, learn how the body is affected, be aware that playing sports will be harder for tobacco users and think of others who do not smoke.  Again get the facts.  Our Tobacco Awareness for Minors (TACP) program is designed to provide this type of service.

TACP CLASS SCHEDULE:

LOCATION	MONTH	DAYS	TIME	INSTRUCTOR
BAYTOWN 1515 ALEXANDER SUITE 115 BAYTOWN, TX 77520 281-422-3619 281-422-1589 (fax)	OCT 11, 13, 18 & 20th	M & W	4-6PM	LILLIE
	DEC 6, 8, 13 & 15th	M & W	4-6PM	LILLIE
PASADENA 1001 FAIRMONT PARKWAY, STE I PASADENA, TX 77504 281-998-2611 713-943-8969 (fax)
BEAUMONT 4347 PRESTON, SUITE 101 BEAUMONT, TX 77707 409-892-2066 409-892-2623 (fax)
NORTHLINE 4625 NORTH FREEWAY, STE 127 HOUSTON, TX 77022 713-697-0776 713-697-2309 (fax)