Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies
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Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies (REBEL) is an Anti-Tobacco program for teens in New Jersey. REBEL began back in 2000 at Kick Ash Weekend. It was originally funded under the Master Settlement Agreement. It is currently funded by the high taxes on tobacco products. Currently there are three division of REBEL. REBEL2 for middle school students, REBEL for high school students, and REBEL U/ROCS for college students. REBEL's slogan is "My mind, my body, my choice."
New Jersey REBEL has chapters in all 21 counties and in 76 New Jersey high schools as of April 2007. Each county and school chapter has a Youth Coordinator (and school adviser in school groups) who helps in using resources to aid with the group's plans and events. At their meetings, they discuss ideas and make plans to help fight against Big Tobacco.
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[edit] Achievements
- Smoke-Free Air Act went into effect on April 15, 2006. This new law prohibited smoking in any indoor public place.
- Age of Sale Increase. On April 15, 2006, the Age of Sale for tobacco product was raised from 18 to 19.
[edit] Events
Each REBEL county and school chapter is required to have at least 5 events.
[edit] Great American Smokeout
Each school chapter is required to do an event for the Great American Smokeout. Each year on the third Thursday in November, the American Cancer Society sponsors this event to encourage people to give up smoking. Each school chapter holds an event within their school to encourage the student and staff to give up smoking.
[edit] World No Tobacco Day
Every year on May 31, is World No Tobacco Day. An event created by the World Health Organization. This day encourages people to stop smoking for day, in hopes they will commit to quitting. Each school chapter is also required to hold an event for it.
[edit] Kick Butts Day
Kick Butts Day is an annual event that aims to educate teens about the dangers of tobacco. It was started by the Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids. It is another day that each school chapter is required to hold an event for.
[edit] RTLI
The RTLI (REBEL's Tobacco Learning Institute) is an event help once a year. Its goal is to educate select REBEL members. Each county sends a few of their members up to a 3 day overnight retreat. They attend classes to learn skills in educating others about the harms of tobacco. Some of the classes include informative classes like Tobacco 101, Tobacco 202, and Tobacco Control Across the Borders. They also have skills classes like, Communication Boot Camp, Lead with Power, and Group Facilitation. Each county also chooses an initiative. Each county must have 5 county events relating to their initiative, and each school chapter is require to have at least 1 event relating to the county's initiative. The 4 initiatives a county can choose from are;
- Recruitment which aims to teach techniques to recruit new members.
- Advocacy which teaches the members to voice their opinions.
- Reading and Mentoring which teaches the county members skills to help with the groups mentoring program.
- Youth Empowerment which provides members with skills to work with out an adult doing everything for them.
[edit] State Summit
Once every year members from all across the state gather at a single location. This event is to help keep members across the state keep united. During the morning the member get together and share ideas as well as make new friends. During the afternoon, the member have a fun activity. Many of the events have been held at Six Flags, with the members being together during the morning and then being allowed to roam the park for the rest of the day.
[edit] Mentoring program
The group currently has 2 books made by Scholastic. The Uninvited Guest, which is geared toward 2nd and 3rd graders, and Get Rid of That Smoke! which is geared toward kindergarten and 1st graders. Schools chapters can hold trainings to train their members to read to younger kids. Before a school can take their members to read to younger kids, all participating members must be trained in mentoring. The mentoring program is also a county initiative.
