Belleville celebrates Kick Butts Day with GASP/YMCA ribbon cutting ceremony (Belleville Times, Mollie Gray)
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To celebrate National Kick Butts Day on March 16, on March 9 Global Advisors on Smokefree Policy hosted its “Art for Health” program for the YMCA’s after-school program at Belleville Elementary #7. The children made posters to spell out “Kick Butts Day” and decorated each letter about why it’s important to live tobacco-free.
The next day on March 10, GASP hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the high school grounds, with local leaders organized by Councilman Vincent Cozzarelli and the children joining in to display their signs at the event. The ribbon-cutting celebrated Belleville’s smokefree parks policy, and it kicked off Kick Butts Day 2016 which is March 16.
Belleville is a leader in tobacco control in Essex County. Not only does it have smokefree parks and also requires age 21 to be sold tobacco and e-cigarettes. It is the first Essex County town to require stores selling e-cigarettes to obtain a license from the local health department.
Read the Belleville Times March March 14, 2016 story.
Read GASP’s March 10, 2016 press release.
Read GASP’s March 9, 2016 Media alert.
View our Facebook photos for the March 9 and March 10 events.