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KBG has developed its own website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ysmoke.org\/\">www.ysmoke.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><strong>Teens Against Tobacco Use<\/strong> (TATU) \u2014 an established curriculum about tobacco use taught by youth for youth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><strong>Not on Tobacco<\/strong> (NOT) \u2014 an American Lung Association program to help youth quit smoking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><strong>Smoke Screamers<\/strong> \u2014 A Boys and Girls Club tobacco prevention and educational program that contains a physical activity component.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>We can also provide data about youth tobacco use. Survey data from our Youth Tobacco Survey and the Department of Education\u2019s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) are available on the University of Delaware\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdhs.udel.edu\/seow\/school-surveys\">youth data website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about our programs contact the <a class=\"anchors_link\" href=\"\/dph\/contact.html#tobacco\">Tobacco Prevention and Control Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Other youth tobacco-related websites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ysmoke.org\/\">Delaware Kick Butts Generation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/wearedante.com\/\">Delawareans Against Nicotine &#038; Tobacco Exposure<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"http:\/\/tobaccofreekids.org\/\">Tobacco Free Kids<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/ddph-healthydelaware.s3.amazonaws.com\/Cart\/The-Five-Year-Plan-for-a-Tobacco-Free-Delaware_%202023%E2%80%932027.pdf\">Making an Impact: the Five-Year Plan for a Tobacco-Free Delaware, 2023-2027<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <!--[END]-->\n\n\n  \n\n\n      <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Preventing Tobacco Use Among Delaware Youth Public Health Menu Home About About DPH Sections &#038; Programs Office Locations Contact Info Calendar Services A-Z Services Air &#038; Water Quality Birth, Death, &#038; Marriage Records Clinics Health Data &#038; Statistics Emergency Preparedness Health &#038; Wellness Healthy Homes Healthy Workplaces Laboratory Restaurant Inspections Screening and Testing WIC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":9401,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9556","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10795,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9556\/revisions\/10795"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}