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Neodesha Student Selected for the Kansas State Youth Resist Council

 

8th-grade student, Tucker Leck, from Neodesha Public Schools has been selected for the Kansas State Resist Youth Council.

 

Resist is a student-led youth movement sponsored by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for the purpose of educating peers of the dangers of tobacco use. Leck has been a part of the Wilson County Resist Chapter which is one of the state's 63 chapters. More than ten students from Fredonia and Neodesha have received training to educate over 500 total combined students. Leck's efforts have earned him the esteemed honor of having a seat on the state council.

 

Leck said, "My passion for youth advocacy began when I started to see my peers and even some of my friends fall into the trap that the big tobacco companies present to youth. I will continue to advocate for safe and effective policies with legislatures, but more importantly, to connect with youth across the state, and develop solutions to the misleading and false advertising of big tobacco companies."

 

To learn more about the movement, visit resisttobacco.org.

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