Kick Butts Day

Wednesday, March 16th is Kick Butts Day, a national day of activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco.

Smoking is the single greatest preventable cause of illness and death yet nearly a quarter of all adults in Texas still smoke.On Wednesday, to help warn students of the dangers of tobacco, Student Council will have the Grim Reaper announce the "death" of a student every 22 minutes from a smoking related cause. This is to represent the reality that a smoker dies every 22 minutes from smoking. The student will be taken to the library and asked to put on an anti-smoking shirt for the rest of the day, but will return to class within a couple of minutes.