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We are not Anti-Smoker, we are just Pro-having a Healthy Yellow Jacket Nation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Tobacco-Free Yellow Jackets have been part of the WVSU campus for over a decade!  First known as the Tobacco Prevention Initiative, which was founded by the Choices Peer Educators, then growing into it’s own independent organization the Tobacco-Free Yellow Jackets in 2011.  The TFYJ have always been a student led initiative consisting of students that are passionate about the health of the campus community, striving to educate, engage and motivate others to become tobacco-free.

In January of 2018 WVSU the Department of Health and Human Performance and the Tobacco-Free Yellow Jackets were awarded grant funding by the Truth Initiative organization for the WVSU Breathe Easy Initiative.  This opportunity has reignited the Tobacco-Free Yellow Jackets and is helping the organization to grow and again gain support across campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check us out on Instagram! @WVSU_Breathe_Easy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WVSU Breathe Easy Initiative<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The WVSU Breathe Easy program is the product of a recent grant awarded by the Truth Initiative organization. Our goals are to Assess, Educate and Engage our campus community on tobacco issues and tobacco advocacy as well as, Promote\/Provide cessation services and develop a 100%Tobacco-Free campus Policy to support the health of our campus community.

We are not Anti-Smoker, we are just Pro- having a healthy Yellow Jacket Nation!  This means we are not here to pass judgement on tobacco users, we are here to provide quality information and support services.  No one wants to be lied to or duped!  We are here to show you the truth behind tobacco so that you can make an informed decision based in fact and not from tobacco marketing\/campaigns.

Grant Funding Agent:
Truth Initiative\u00ae<\/a> is America\u2019s largest non-profit public health organization dedicated to making tobacco use a thing of the past. We speak, seek and spread the truth about tobacco through education, tobacco-control research and policy studies, community activism and engagement, and innovation in tobacco dependence treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tobacco-Free Yellow Jackets Taskforce<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Tobacco-Free Yellow Jackets have been around for many years attemping to promote a tobacco-free WVSU environment.  The WVSU Breathe Easy Initiative has taken up this mission and developed the Tobacco-Free Yellow Jackets Taskforce to address the development of a 100% tobacco-free campus policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n