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Ohio Advocacy Day a Success!

Friday, April 2, 2010
On March 17, nearly 160 advocates gathered at the Ohio Statehouse to meet with their legislators and urge them to support tobacco prevention and cessation services in Ohio!





The morning kicked off with an overview training and a chance for all our advocates to find the other attendees from their districts to get to know one another and prepare for their meetings.


During the overview training, advocates were shown exactly how kid-friendly these tobacco products truly are through the example of candy and tobacco product bouquets. You can hardly tell what's candy and what's tobacco!

Following the training, advocates spent time in their groups preparing for meetings. They were able to share their personal stories with one another, strategize and also ask any questions they may have had about the issues. Meetings with legislators started shortly after that. Overall, the meetings were a great success and we truly want to thank each and every one of you for taking the time to spend the day in Columbus advocating for this important issue!

Meeting with Senator Goodman's office


Advocates with Rep. Nancy Garland

Meeting with Sen. Husted's office

This year's Advocacy featured a legislative luncheon held in the Statehouse Atrium. Advocates, legislators and legislative staff had a chance to talk about the issue over lunch.


We even had a group of students from their high school's anti-tobacco group join us to tell legislators what's important to the youth of Ohio!


The luncheon featured keynote speaker Rick Bender. Rick was an extensive user of spit tobacco in his youth. Due to his use of tobacco, he developed cancer and had to have a large portion of his tongue and jaw removed. He has since dedicated his life to educating youth on the dangers of smokeless tobacco products. His story was powerful and his message was clear.

 This year's Advocay Day was one of our best and definitely our largest! Again, thank you to all the advocates that came to spend the day at the Capitol. We truly appreciate it and, of course, your legislators appreciate hearing what's important to you!

Remember, just because you couldn't make it to Advocacy Day doesn't mean you can't help! It's easy to message your legislators with our You're the Cure network - just log on to http://www.yourethecure.org/ to send your message today!
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Welcome to the online home for American Heart Association advocacy in the Great Rivers Affiliate! The Great Rivers Affiliate includes Delaware, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

We update regularly about our ongoing legislative issues (for example: tobacco prevention and cessation, childhood obesity, nutrition, stroke and STEMI systems of care, etc). We hope this blog proves to be a resource to keep our amazing advocates up-to-date with our fast-paced legislative happenings!

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