Kicking tobacco's butt: GCPH teaches local fourth graders about the dangers of tobacco

Last week, Grundy County Public Health visited with local fourth grade students to educate them about the dangers of tobacco as part of the GCPH’s public health programming called “Life Skills.”

The students participated in activities that taught them how tobacco negatively impacts their daily life – from seeing a blackened smoker’s lung to witnessing how tobacco can affect the teeth, gums, tongue and more, and even inspecting a jar full of cigarette tar.

GCPH Program Coordinator Katie Thornton-Lang says tobacco education is just one of the many components of the Life Skills program she teaches local kids.

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