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TAFAA
(Tobacco Awareness For Asian American)
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CYL established
an Ad Hoc committee TAFAA (Tobacco Awareness For Asian American)
to monitor the progress of the tobacco control project. During
year 2000, successfully
implemented TAFAA's six objectives - complete a tobacco-education
leadership program, conduct a TAFAA T-shirt
Design-contest, assist anti-tobacco organization in community
events, organize a debate over tobacco-related
resolutions, administer a youth
tobacco survey, and organize a workshop
on tobacco awareness and substance abuse. This experience
has been a wonderful and innovative experience for .
Youth participants have remained focused on one major public
issue and explore many of its facets. This focus on public issue
also helped open a channel for youths
to network with other youth organizations. had
four youth members participate in the California Youth Advocacy
Network (CYAN) 2000 & 2001 Statewide Advanced
Youth Advocacy Conference in August 2000 & 2001. also
participate in the 2001 California College Advocacy Conference.
Currently they are the CYAN representatives on tobacco-free
issues. is
also one of the API-Motion collaborating partners funded by
Asian and Pacific Islander Tobacco Control Coalition (APITCC)
and APITEN in Los Angeles area. Seven
members presented "The Good, the Bad,
and the Ugly - A Tobacco Dialogue, " a tobacco awareness
workshop, in the Gathering of Asian and Pacific Islander Conference
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The
students at CYL had a chance to create their own design at
our Tobacco T-shirt Contest. Here are the final results:
Judges'
Awards:
1st Place: Christine Liang
2nd Place: Anthony Chiang
3rd Place: Angie Chiang
People's
Choices:
1st Place: Christine Liang
2nd Place (tied): Anthony Chiang and Jerry Chen
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Christine's first place design:
Click
here for gallery
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To
smoke or not to smoke? That is the question. No really. At
least, that was the question for 30 plus people at the world
famous Six Flags Magic Mountain. We were there to participate
in Smokefree Air For Everyone
(S.A.F.E) survey. We hope that our actions will make the
Magic Mountain smokefree just like Disneyland and Los Angles
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  One
of the TAFAA's objectives in countering pro-tobacco influences
within the San Fernando Valley Asian youth commmunity is to
conduct a community-lead research survey. A Survey Committee
that consists of youth members, college student panelists,
community advisory members, and staffs, was formed at the
start of the project to guide the activities such as information
collecting, survey form designing, distributing and collecting,
and data analysis.
 To
get a comprehensive look at the result of our survey, please
click
here to see the complete Tobacco Survey Analysis Report
in Adobe's pdf format. You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader
to be able to read the document. If you do not have the Acrobat
Reader installed, please download your free copy first by
click
here.
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 "That
the federal Government Should Regulate the Export of U.S Tobacco
Products to Underdeveloped Countries". This is the
tobacco-related debate topic at CYL's open house. |
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tobacco awareness and substance abuse are another important
aspects of the TAFAA project. Workshops conducted in the classroom,
such as this one by
Mrs . Schiller from Smokefree Air For Everyone (S.A.F.E.),
will certainly raise the tobacco awareness in Asian American
youths.
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is the
key to raise American youths' tobacco awareness. And the most
effective way to accomplish this goal is to
let youth
to educate youth. All CYL members are required
to perform their independent researches on tobacco issues
and either present their finding as a speech to other members
in the classroom or submit it to CYL newletter for publishing.
Senior youth members are encouraged to present their speeches
to their peers at school. Examples of the student's
speeches or articles that talk about tobacco awareness
are given here for you information and enjoyment.
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 Not
too long ago, three of our students had the wonderful opportunity
of attending an educational convention in San Jose, California
called California Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN). Dorothy Kwok
and Steve Kwok recalled the fun they had, as well as the things
they learned, in their joint report, titled "Youth
Extravaganza."
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this past summer, a member of our staff and a group of six
students went down to California State University at Long
Beach to attend a two-day conference called the Gathering
of Asians and Pacific Islanders Youths (GOAPY).  While
there, they also conducted a workshop on tobacco awareness.
Richard Cheng wrote about the workshop in his article, "The
Good, The Bad, The Ugly -- A Tobacco Dialogue," in
which he not merely discussed the health/medical issues, but
also the economics and social aspects, areas that help explain
why tobacco is nearly impossible to be banned and thus make
it a perpetually complex problem for any society.
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