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2007 Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey: Big Declines in Youth Smoking! 
Gov. Tim Kaine announced on Sept. 9 that youth smoking rates in Virginia have hit the lowest point this decade. The results of VTSF's 2007 Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey are in, and Virginia is almost 5 percent below the national average for high school smoking! Find out more about the Youth Tobacco Survey or read the press release from the event. |
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Featured Program Grantees  Spreading VTSF's tobacco-prevention messages to youth is more than just a job to Fairfax County's Janet Young. Her only sister, Belinda, died of smoking-related lung cancer at age 42. Let Janet Young and other VTSF program grantees tell you about their work in their own words. Read more. |
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Three-Year Program Grant RFP Issued 
VTSF recently released RFP#852P010 for three-year grants for tobacco-use prevention and cessation programs for youth statewide. The maximum amount granted will be $225,000 per grant for three years (or a maximum of $75,000 each year). There is a total of $9.6 million available for grant awards. The funding cycle will run from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2012. Proposals are due on Oct. 8. |
