Tobacco Products Appeal to Kids...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36564107
This article on MSNBC brings attention to the new smokeless tobacco products and their appeal to kids. The article mentions that "Nicotine-laced pellets, strips and sticks that dissolve completely in the user’s mouth — dubbed 'tobacco candy' by critics — have joined chewing tobacco and snuff to become the second-most common cause of unintentional tobacco ingestion in kids younger than 6."

The article points out that "Between 2006 and 2008, nearly 1,800 U.S. youngsters — almost 600 a year —accidentally consumed smokeless tobacco products, according to an analysis of 13,705 tobacco-related reports to the nation’s poison control centers."

Click here to view the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36564107

Upcoming Electronic Seminars

The UNDERAGE DRINKING ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER will be holding two webinars, one in April and one in May, on Underage Drinking. To register, go to http://www.udetc.org/ and click on "National Electronic Seminars".


Webinar will be held on April 22, 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Parties on Wheels: Responding to the Enforcement Challenges of "Booze Buses"

In some college communities "booze buses" sponsored by alcohol establishments corral underage drinkers from college dorms taking them to and from the downtown bars under the thin guise of a "safe ride" program. Elsewhere, buses, aided by viral marketing, pick up high school and college age youth in suburban parking lots to take them to certain downtown bars where they will be served. This seminar will teach how police and community coalitions are working together to enforce underage drinking laws and handle the challenges that "booze buses" pose.

Webinar will be held April 22 from 1:00 - 2:15pm

2010 ID Update: What's in Your Wallet?

Many people under the age of 21 continue to look to commercial sources of alcohol as their preferred option to acquire alcohol or as a place to socialize with over 21 friends. To get to these sources many rely on misrepresenting their actual age by the use of fraudulent identification.

So how can retailers and law enforcement keep up with this problem? Does your agency have the right tools to make evaluations of authenticity? What do community members, coalitions, and law enforcement need to know to address fraudulent identification?

Lt. Jim Wilson and Investigator Wilochoski will demonstrate some of the changes and additions adopted by many states and governmental entities as they produce these documents, and discuss some of the tools available and needed to properly recognize many of the new security features.

To register, go to http://www.udetc.org/ and click on "National Electronic Seminars".

The awnings are here!

We used some of the Capacity Building monies, as well as the community donations, to purchase these. Now we can really stand out at the community events, and continue promoting the coalition and the website.