Anti-tobacco group learns new approaches at D.C.

Four members of the Boulder reAct group traveled to Washing- ton, D.C. in July for the National Summit on Youth Activism. 

The summit gathered 150 high school students involved in anti-tobacco efforts to help them learn new ways to reach their communities at home. Emma Brown, Abbie Youde, Grace Alexander and Bobbie Jo Sutherlin spent July 19-22 at the conference organized by The Truth Initiative, a group that focuses on the effects of tobacco in the world, mainly on youth. 

Through classes, panels and group work, the attendees identified ways to make a difference in their communities. One main topic of the summit was the effect of menthol flavoring in tobacco. All other flavors are now illegal to sell in the United States.