4-U-N-I Teens Launch Red Ribbon Week Student Anti-Smoking Campaign at Granada Hills High

4-U-N-I (For You and I) Teens Helping Teens Quit Smoking club at Granada Hills High School conducted school wide Red Ribbon Week awareness campaign with games and prizes as a part of BREATHE LA on-going advocacy for smoke-free environments and improved lung health in Los Angeles County.

In 2008 Beverly Hills High School 4_U-N-I students created a series of animated short videos, “Til Death Do Us Part” and “Mommy Why” which can been seen at http://www.youtube.com/user/BreatheCaliforniaLA with other videos and PSAa in both English and Spanish.

About Breathe LA: BREATHE LA works to advocate for clean air in Los Angeles County, and to raise awareness of clean air and lung health issues. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of lung disease and can be a trigger for asthma.

About 4-U-N-I: 4-U-N-I Teens Helping Teens Quit Smoking is a Beverly Hills High School – BREATHE LA partnership founded by high school students. The first Chapter of 4-U-N-I was created in 2007 as a student-led, BREATHE LA supported, teen-to-teen quit smoking program. 4-U-N-I inspires and supports peer-to-peer teen quit smoking and can be implemented in other high schools with materials available on BREATHE LA website.

About Red Ribbon Week (Oct. 23 to Oct. 31): Red Ribbon Week began after the kidnapping, torture and brutal murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena who died in-the-line-of-duty in 1985. In his death, he became a symbol for prevention in order to reduce the demand for illegal drugs and illegal use of legal drugs in America. The following year the California State PTA adopted the Red Ribbon Campaign. In 1988, Red Ribbon Week was recognized nationally.