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2 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE March 25, 2009 AS <br /> ORANGE COUNTY KICK BUTTS DAY <br /> WHEREAS, Kick Butts Day is an annual national initiative sponsored by the Campaign for <br /> Tobacco-Free Kids that makes students leaders in the fight against tobacco use <br /> and exposure to secondhand smoke; and <br /> WHEREAS, the 2007 North Carolina Youth Tobacco Survey revealed that 27% of NC high <br /> school students and 9% of NC middle school students currently use some form <br /> of tobacco; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Tobacco Reality Unfiltered (TRU)Program of Orange County, funded by the <br /> NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund, has been working with youth since 2003 to <br /> prevent tobacco use and develop positive decision-making skills among middle <br /> school and high school students in Orange County; 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 Smart Track Survey Report revealed that an <br /> average of 15% of 10th graders smoked in the past 30 days and the Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro City Schools Youth Risk Behavior Survey revealed that 5.7% of middle <br /> school students and 12.2% of high school students smoked in the past 30 days, <br /> showing that the need remains to educate students about being tobacco-free; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County TRU program will continue to use social marketing, peer <br /> education, and merchant education to educate youth and their parents or <br /> caregivers, and the community about the dangers of tobacco use; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Health Department recommends that proclaiming March 25 <br /> as Kick Butts Day will increase community awareness of the need for preventing <br /> tobacco use and for continuing public health education programs for youth; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it recognized that the Orange County Board of Commissioners do <br /> hereby proclaim March 25, 2009 as Orange County Kick Butts Day. <br /> This is the 17th day of March 2009. <br /> Valerie P. Foushee, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />