This month High School Assembly lights up awareness about the dangers of tobacco for North Carolina teens—over 27-percent of whom are smokers. Tobacco. Reality. Unfiltered. (TRU), an exciting new campaign funded by the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund, aggressively uses media and peer-to-peer advocacy to help Tar Heel teens live tobacco free. This past summer, TRU traveled to seven NC communities with exhibits, information, prizes and a crew taping teens for a new round of TV testimonials launching this fall. Today, we’ll find out more about this campaign—and how you can get involved!

More Information
North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund - was created by the General Assembly as one of three entities to invest North Carolina's portion of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. The Trust Fund receives one fourth of the state's tobacco settlement funds, which are paid in annual installments over a 25-year period.

NCHWTF
7090 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-7090 Physical Address:
501 N. Blount Street
Raleigh, NC 27604 Phone: (919) 733-4011
Fax: (919) 733-1240
e-mail: hwtfc@ncmail.net

TRU – Tobacco Reality Unfiltered - is a statewide media campaign sponsored by the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund with a mission to reduce tobacco use among teens in North Carolina and provide treatment options for those who quit.

SAVE - stands for Survivors And Victims of Tobacco Empowerment. It’s a project of NC GASP (North Carolina group to Alleviate Smoking Pollution).~ This program encourages survivors of tobacco related illnesses and their families to come forward and tell their stories about what has happened to them as a result of using tobacco products.
http://www.main.nc.us/save/
http://www.tobaccosurvivors.org/
1-888-886-4237

Any school may participate in our studio audience. Contact producer Deborah Holt to reserve seats for the next show.