YMN encourages students to use the Power of Communication and their own creative talents to create healthy, tobacco-free messages using information downloaded from the YMN web site and the Interactive Tobacco education Curriculum. The YMN web site launches youth tobacco control advocates into cyberspace, providing a dynamic forum in which youth learn about tobacco issues and advocate for a tobacco-free world. The most exciting thing about the YMN web site is that is offers unlimited opportunities for youth to use their vast and varied talents for a social cause. Our hope is not only to educate, but also to inspire. The Youth Media Network web site provides information and resources on tobacco issues.
All information is referenced and easily downloaded for use in a classroom or community setting.
The YMN web site also provides links to local, state and national web sites all with a focus on tobacco. Check out Tobacco Facts and Links to Organizations on the YMN web site. YMN is committed to highlighting exemplary youth coalitions and youth organizations planning and conducting school and community-level education and advocacy around tobacco issues. YMN will facilitate the development of web pages to be uploaded on the YMN web site that recognize youth advocates for their commitment to counteracting the social pressures on their peers to use tobacco. A goal of Spotlight on Youth is to inspire and to engage other young people to plan and to conduct school and community tobacco prevention and education events and campaigns.