Organization offers seminar on youth smoking prevention

Adults interested in helping youth stop smoking are invited to afree, one-day training Sept. 24 in Dunbar.

The American Lung Association of West Virginia will sponsor theNot-On-Tobacco (N-O-T) program, developed for the American LungAssociation at the West Virginia University Prevention ResearchCenter.

Of the teens who participate in the program, 22 percent are smoke-free six months later, results show. The program has four objectives -to help teens stop smoking, to reduce the number of cigarettes theysmoke, to increase a healthful lifestyle and to improve lifemanagement skills.

For more information or to register, call program manager TonyRichards at 342-6600 or e-mail tony@alawv.org.