Lee\u2019s Summit CARES <\/a>decided to follow suit because protecting youth is always in their best interest.<\/p>\nA group of youth presented a clean air ordinance to the city council, which included the prohibition of tobacco in establishments such as bowling alleys, restaurants and bars. But according to the coalition\u2019s director Roby Little, the city council \u201cwasn\u2019t having it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Determined, coalition members took a different route and got 5,000 signatures for a petition to get the ordinance on a 2007 ballot. The ordinance passed with 73 percent voter approval.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis said, \u2018Look, this community doesn\u2019t want smoking,\u2019\u201d Little recalled. \u201cThe next step was to get an environmental prevention piece in place. We decided we needed to do education and awareness with students so they understand the dangers of tobacco use.\u201d<\/p>\n
Collaborating with the Kansas City Healthcare Foundation, Rediscover Mental Health and the Baptist Trinity Legacy Foundation, the coalition put together some courses about tobacco prevention that were used in local schools. Taking it a step further, an expert came in and trained coalition members on how to teach the classes. In addition, there was also a support group formed for kids who had a smoking issue.<\/p>\n
But teens could still get their hands on tobacco \u2014 legally.<\/p>\n
Little said that as she drove by the local high school, she continued to see kids smoking across the street from the school building.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were just stepping a foot off-campus. But why are we still smoking after school?\u201d Little said.<\/p>\n
After reviewing ordinances with school resource officers and local police, she found once a student stepped off school property, there was no law stating that they couldn\u2019t smoke. In addition, a former police chief said he didn\u2019t want kids to be punished for possessing tobacco \u2014 or intimidated or bothered by an officer.<\/p>\n
In December 2009, working with the current police chief, the coalition brought in the city attorney who drew up a youth tobacco ordinance, mirrored on a state statute, prohibiting minors from possessing tobacco. After it being rejected by the city council twice, the law was restructured and eventually passed by the city council in January 2011.<\/p>\n
During the long process, the Health Education Advisory Board advocated on behalf of the coalition, which gained a lot of media coverage.<\/p>\n
Little said that while the process was arduous, it was also rewarding. It took \u201ca lot of communication and support from community sectors. Working with those other teams like mental health, public safety, health education, news media and marketing you just keep persevering. It\u2019s all about perseverance.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that she learned about the importance of environmental prevention at a CADCA training conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what made the difference. A trifecta \u2014 clean air, the education piece, then coming back and creating an ordinance that stopped youth from underage smoking,\u201d Little said. \u201cWe have seen a continual rise in teens\u2019 perception that tobacco is harmful. Parents think its strong use has dropped.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in a good place with tobacco,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not anywhere near a problem that alcohol and marijuana are. That\u2019s a whole different ball game.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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