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a <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMIlIIISSIONERS <br />PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE APRIL 2, 2008 AS <br />ORANGE COUNTY KICK BUTTS DAY <br />WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina will proclaim April 2, 2008 as Kick Butts Day to <br />recognize five years of public health education to youth of Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, since 1995, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has recognized a day in April <br />or March as Kick Butts Day; and <br />WHEREAS, the Tobacco Reality Unfiltered Program of Orange County has been working <br />with youth since 2003 to prevent tobacco use and develop positive decision- <br />making skills among middle school and high school students in Orange County; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Healthy Carolinians of Orange County Partnership's 2007 Community Health <br />Assessment revealed lower percentages of smoking among Orange County <br />youth since 2003 indicating positive contributions from the Orange County <br />Tobacco Reality Unfiltered program; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Schools Communities that Care Survey revealed that 13.8% <br />of students in grades 6tH, Stn and 10tH smoked in the past 30 days and the <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Youth Risk Behavior Survey revealed that <br />5.7% of middle school students and 12.2% of high school students smoked in <br />the past 30 days, showing that the need remains to educate students about <br />. being tobacco-free; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners is dedicated to its role of <br />developing and enacting policy to address the needs of the residents and <br />employees of Orange County as evidenced by their vote to prohibit smoking in <br />all government buildings and vehicles effective April 1; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Health Department proposes that proclaiming April 2 as Kick <br />Butts Day will increase community awareness of the need for preventing tobacco <br />use and for continuing public health education programs for youth; and <br />NOW, THEREFORE, be it recognized that the Orange County Board of Commissioners do <br />hereby proclaim April 2, 2008 as Orange County Kick Butts Day. <br />This is the 18th day of March 2008. <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />