3. Think about activities that you can implement to help reduce the problem

Once you have selected a tobacco-related problem, get together with your group to brainstorm ideas for activities that will address the problem and can be implemented in your community. Remember that no idea is a bad idea when you’re brainstorming.

The three main things that you will need to make decisions about are message, audience and action. First, identify your message. What is it that you are trying to communicate to the community? What are you trying to accomplish? What is the point of the activity you are planning? Next, identify the audience you are trying to reach with your message—peers, younger youth, parents, or legislators? Then brainstorm ways to communicate your message to your target audience. Don’t hesitate to piggyback off what others have done before. Search the Web for ideas. You’ll find that there’s a lot of information available out there once you start looking. One Web page in particular, Kick Butts Day, has a lot of ideas. Just make sure you select an activity that meets your needs and the reality in your community. You can also search and see what youth from other states are doing by going to their Web pages.

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