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April 5, 2006

R.I. youths speak out on Kick Butts Day / Photo

Journal photo / Frieda Squires
Codi Ethier, a senior at Chariho High School in Richmond, and a Teen as Teacher, talks to students at Chariho Middle School about making decisions about the use of tobacco.

Youth leaders and educators planned events throughout the day to celebrate the 11th annual Kick Butts Day, which is sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

At Chariho Middle School, students from the high school group Teens as Teachers taught decision-making skills about tobacco. Students wrote their feelings about tobacco on a “graffiti wall.”

At the state Capitol, youths planned to display 1,200 empty pairs of shoes to symbolize the 1,200 Americans who die every day because of tobacco use. At Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Providence, soccer team players from Brown University and Lifespan Community Health staff planned to hold a rally for fourth- and fifth-graders.

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