Ross Health District Hosts Great American Smokeout Student Essay & Poster Contest

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The Ross County Health District is hosting student essay and poster contests to commemorate the annual tobacco cessation event, the Great American Smokeout:

1. Poster contest: 4th-5th grades 2. Essay contest: 7th-8th grades 3. Essay contest: 9th-12th grades

Please include your name, grade, and school with your submissions.
RCHD will be selecting a winner for each category for each school district (including homeschool category) and a grand prize winner for the entire county.

**Content submitted may be used by the Ross County Health District for development of health promotional materials, health messaging, and health education programs.

Essay contest prompt: In 500 words or more, explore the following questions: Why you think kids vape today? How could vaping affect your health in the short-term and long-term? What are some steps a person could take to stop vaping?

Poster contest prompt: Illustrate the negative effects of vaping such as nicotine addiction, ingesting harmful chemicals, lung damage/disease, likelihood to use other tobacco products or drugs.

Poster Contest Rules: Entry is open to all Ross County students in GRADES 4 & 5 (homeschool, private, and public school students are all included)

Creativity is key. Individual work is encouraged. Posters with stencils, traced, computer-generated or commercially manufactured stick-on lettering or images will be disqualified.

Poster should be no larger than 11”x14.” Entries larger than the identified size may be disqualified.

Students should use only crayon, markers, colored pencils, or watercolor/acrylic paint. Contest deadlines are Friday, November 18.

Link to Entry Form CLICK HERE:

Link to more Great American Smokeout info CLICK HERE: