For Immediate Release Media Contact: Hannah Solsky 504-481-7570 Hsolsk1@tigers.lsu.

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Fresh Campus/SmokingWords Student Organization Awarded $25 to Support Smoke!Free"s #ailgate

$S%& 'aton Rouge (Fe)* 2+& 2 ,-. ! resh Ca!"us#S!oking$ords %ere a%arded &'50 (ro! )o*accoree +ids to (und +ick ,utts acti-ities and host a tailgate catered *y $alk-.n/s *e(ore the 0S1 *ase*all ga!e. +ick ,utts 2ay tailgate %ill take "lace (ro! 4 to 3 ".!. on March 14 on the 5ournalis! ,uilding "atio. 6n case o( rain7 the location %ill change to the Holliday oru!. )he tailgate %ill (eature 8itney 9. Castine %ho is the associate director7 youth ad-ocacy7 (or )o*acco- ree +ids. )he !oney %ill go to%ard cele*rating +ick ,utts 2ay )ailgate and 0S1/s "rogress to%ard *eco!ing a s!oke-(ree ca!"us. Manshi" School :8 students are co!*ining %ith resh Ca!"us#S!oking$ords student organi;ation to create a !e!ora*le educational e-ent. resh Ca!"us#S!oking$ords %ill ha-e an in(or!ational ta*le %ith gi-ea%ays and in(or!ation a*out 9ct '11 and 0S1/s "rogress to%ard esta*lishing a ca!"us to*acco "olicy (ro! 4 a.!. to ' ".!. on March 14 in ree S"eech :la;a. <$hat could *e *etter than cele*rating 0S1/s "rogress to%ard *eco!ing a s!oke-(ree ca!"us %ith (ree (ood (ro! $alk-.n/s= $e thank )o*acco- ree +ids (or su""orting resh Ca!"us/ e((orts7> says resh Ca!"us#S!oking $ords 9cting :resident 2erick ,ercegeay. +ick ,utts 2ay is a national day o( acti-is! that e!"o%ers youth to stand out7 s"eak u" and sei;e control against ,ig )o*acco. )o*acco- ree +ids organi;ation is a leading (orce in the (ight to reduce to*acco use and its deadly toll in the 1nited States and around the %orld. 6ts "ri!ary goal is to ha-e a (uture (ree o( the death and disease caused *y to*acco. )o achie-e their !ission7 )o*acco- ree +ids "ro!otes "u*lic "olicies7 e?"oses and counters to*acco industry e((orts to !arket to children and !islead the "u*lic. )he state resh Ca!"us "rogra! encourages college ca!"uses in the state to *eco!e to*acco-(ree. )en cha"ters currently e?ist7 including one at 0S1.

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Oh no! Mr. Butts, a henchman of Big Tobacco, is at it again! Credit: )o*acco- ree +ids