Soccer Smoking & Prevention

Prevent Smoking Among Soccer Players

 

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Retired NFL star Troy Aikman appears in this poster warning kids about spit tobacco. In the spring of 2001, a Smoke-Free Kids and Lacrosse clinic featured members of the local Major League Lacrosse team, and a Smoke-Free Kids and Baseball clinic featured the Triple A Red Wings (Baltimore Orioles) team. The soccer, baseball, and lacrosse clinics have the same for­mat: Several key players speak about choices, health, and the need to stay smoke-free if you want to be a cham­pion. The kids are then separated into age groups, and they rotate through the clinic, interactive displays on tobacco use, and skill challenges such as a speed kick cage. While working with the kids on their sports skills, the professional players talk with them about staying smoke-free, eating healthy foods, staying in shape, and being a good sport. Before the clinics, kids receive an activity booklet, which they fill out ahead of time to be eligible for door prizes. (See Materials That Score, page 43.) There are several activities in each book, and the more activities the children opt to do, the more opportunities they have to win prizes. In addition, each child who par­ticipates in the clinic receives a T-shirt, water bottle, and other giveaways bearing the smoke-free message. The Tobacco-Free Sports Playbook 19

Arizona Tobacco Education and Prevention Program (AZTEPP) Arizona Department of Health Services Phoenix, Arizona (602) 364-0824 Sports and tobacco don't mix-that's the message kids get from stars of the Phoenix Suns, Arizona Diamondbacks, Phoenix Mercury, Arizona Rattlers, and other celebrities who have teamed up with the Arizona Tobacco Education and Prevention Program (AZTEPP). For instance, Diamondback pitcher Armando Reynoso, a great Hispanic role model for Arizona kids, promotes important messages about the dangers of using tobacco by working with AZTEPP, which produces Spanish and English TV and radio spots targeting Hispanics throughout the state. Diamondback outfielder Steve Finley is the official spokesman of the Can Kickers Club, which was designed to promote the "Smokeless does not mean harmless" message. Cynthia Cooper, the most decorated player in WNBA history, is participating in the 2001 season's "Super Cooper" sec­tion, which highlights active young people in the community at each Mercury home game. Also supporting AZTEPP is race car driver Billy Boat, who visits schools to present his per­sonal message about the harmful effects of tobacco. (Also see Successful Sporting Events, page 23.) Through With Chew Richard Meckstroth, DDS Morgantown, West Virginia (304) 293-5912 As a dentist who cares about children, Richard Meckstroth has recruited sports celebrities, dentists, and physi­cians to help him warn West Virginia kids about the dangers of using smoke­less tobacco. They visit schools, Little League teams, and baseball fields to give out pamphlets and posters about the dangers of using spit tobacco. Dr. Meckstroth recently placed a large yel­low banner-spotlighting a can of chewing tobacco inside the circle-and-slash "no" symbol-at Little League Baseball fields and at Watt Powell Park, home of the Alley Cats Minor League Baseball team. At Dr. Meckstroth's urging, the Alley Cats and other minor league baseball teams have teamed up with the National Spit Tobacco Education Program to help kids say "no" to smokeless tobacco. 20 The Tobacco-Free Sports Playbook

 

 

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