Talk:Students Working Against Tobacco

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I'm a former member of SWAT and while I will second this as an accurate assessment of SWAT history and current affairs, it is definitely one-sided and not written from a neutral point of view. Nevertheless, SWAT was what it was--grassroots and effective as well as empowering for the youth leaders who used to head it up. The situation that has come about is indeed unfortunate but par for the course in the bureaucracy that is our government.

Examples of non-NOPV that need to be addressed: "One student, Joe Scarfone, rallied students and even one of the all-star lawyers that won the Big Tobacco lawsuit in the first place to sue Gov. Jeb Bush for misallocation of funding."

"Needless to say"

"Despite the obvious correlation between SWAT and the decline in youth smoking, the Florida Department of Health as well as the Centers for Disease Control refuse to recognize youth-led tobacco prevention efforts as valid."

"In spite of SWAT's enormously successful efforts and the wishes of Florida's voters, the Florida Department of Health refuses to provide funding for a statewide SWAT program and has dismantled the most successful youth anti-tobacco program in history."

The bias and one-sidedness is obvious. I will address this if I have time in the future; otherwise, someone else is welcome to go at it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Newswithapulse (talk • contribs) 00:33, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I tried to remove the bias from this article and looked at outside sources in order to do so. I think that the remaining text about the CDC not recognizing youth organizations should be removed unless a citation can be found. If they have not spoken one way or another on the issue, the statement is inflammatory. However, if they have criticized such efforts that it is certainly relevant to the article. I think it's important that more information is found and the article is corrected accordingly.Orange43 (talk) 20:36, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I am currently on the STATE OF FLORIDA YOUTH ADVOCACY BOARD FOR 2010-2011 AND IT REALLY HELPS YOUTH UNDERSTAND WHAT BIG TOBACCO IS AND HAS DONE OR DOING NOW IM GLAD THEIR BECAME A SWAT —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.244.208.202 (talk) 02:39, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

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