Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE)
Daily, 3,000 young people begin to smoke, representing more than
1 million each year. Of these, one third will die from diseases related
to tobacco use.
Historical Background: In 1989, the California State Department
of Education made the decision to provide school districts with an
Entitlement Grant to develop programs to prevent young people from
using tobacco. This program is funded by Tobacco Tax Proposition
99.
What is the goal of the Tobacco Use Prevention Education Program?
The goal is to develop and implement programs / services to prevent
young people from using tobacco.
What is the program and how does it work?
A program that provides tobacco prevention education and cessation
readiness programs to all students in grades 4-8.
- S HPD provides professional development in the area
of Tobacco Use Prevention Education to district health educators.
- Professional
development is provided to the elementary schools’ Health
Advocates and middle schools’ Healthy
School Teams and high schools’ Health Promotion Committees.
- Health Education Teacher Leaders assist in providing
the professional development.
- Districtwide events are implemented in all schools,
such as: Great American Smokeout, Red
Ribbon week, Jump Rope for Heart and Save a Sweetheart.
- SHPD provides health information to parents through the
PTA newsletter “Cablegram”.
Activities within the SFUSD and SHPD that support Tobacco
Use Prevention:
- Health Advocates
- Health Awareness Events
- Health Education Teacher Leaders
- Health Promotion Committees
- Healthy School Teams
- High School Tobacco Cessation
- Peer Resources
For further information contact
us.
