Kick Butts Day 2010

On March 12th, Representative Jerry Knowles joined members of Tamaqua Middle School´s Teens Against Tobacco students to record 2010 Kick Butts Day radio announcements at WMGH Radio Station. Students are from (L to R): Carly Fenstermacher, Gabby Freed and Nikole Klatka. Kick Butts Day is a national initiative that makes kids leaders in the effort to combat youth tobacco use. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, killing more than 400,000 people every year. Every day, more than 4,000 kids try their first cigarettes; another 1,000 kids become addicted smokers, one-third of whom will die prematurely as a result. Clinical Outcomes Group Inc. helped lead the county-wide Kick Butts Day event with Schuylkill Teens Kickin´ Nicotine at the Fairlane Village Mall on Saturday, March 20, 2010. For more information about Kick Butts Day visit www.kickbuttsday.org.