FP Report -- February 1999 Draft fifth-graders into Tar Wars program now
Tar Wars, AAFP's tobacco education program for fifth-graders, will hold its national poster contest June 18-20 in Washington, D.C.
What's that to you? Well, if you haven't scheduled a Tar Wars session with your local fifth-graders, now's the time.
The Tar Wars curriculum engages students in making upbeat, pro-health, anti-tobacco posters. The children enter a local poster contest, and the winners can enter their posters in state and possibly national competitions.
So, for your favorite fifth-graders to have a shot at the 1999 national poster contest, line up your Tar Wars talks now.
Other Tar Wars tidbits of info:
- Members of the U.S. House of Representatives will be asked to display the winning posters from their states in their Washington offices.
- A new evaluation tool for fifth-graders who've participated in Tar Wars is available from your Tar Wars state coordinator. The tool should help determine whether students retain information and avoid pressure to use tobacco.
- The Academy is trying to enlist more residencies in the Tar Wars battle. To report your residency's activities or begin presenting the program, call the Academy at (800) TAR WARS [827-9277].
- In 1998, an estimated 350,000 students participated in Tar Wars, an all-time high. Presenters included family physicians, medical students, residents, nurses and others.
FP Report is published by the AAFP News Department. Copyright © 1999 by American Academy of Family Physicians.
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