Statewide Events

March 5, 2010 @ Anne Arundel Community College (AACC), Glen Burnie Town Center

March 5, 2010 STOPS Meeting Notes

Event Tracking Sheet: Tara Rupp from Howard Community College uses this document to track the number of people reached at different tabling events at her school. Feel free to use this document and modify it to meet your school's needs.

Photovoice Methodology: This form provides an overview for conducting Photovoice projects at your school. We conducted a trial Photovoice project at our meeting and it was very successful!

"Photovoice is a method that enables people to define for themselves and others, including policy makers, what is worth remembering and what needs to be changed." - Carolyn Wang

September 25, 2009 @ Johns Hopkins University

Howard Community College Coalition Update: Tara Rupp gave a presentation updating the STOPS groups on the activities at Howard Community College's Tobacco Prevention and Awareness Program.

September 25, 2009 STOPS Meeting Notes

FDA Regulations Presentation: Kathleen Hoke Dachille, director of the Center for Tobacco Regulation, presented to the group on the new FDA regulations.

STOPS meeting at UMBC, April 17, 2009

Our spring meeting was very successful!  We started with campus coalition updates.  Next, Onna Van Orden, a center specialist at MDQuit, gave a presentation on college daily and occasional smoking.  Kathleen Dachille followed with some very informative slides discussing legislative updates as well as the increasing dangers of hookah smoking.  Meeting notes and powerpoint presentations from this meeting are available below and also on our "Member's Only" page.

College Smoking Research Presentation: "Study of College Student Daily and Occasional Smoking"

Onna Van Orden, Center Specialist at MDQuit and graduate student in Human Services Psychology at UMBC, presented research on daily and occasional smoking among college students.  This presentation includes some preliminary findings from her Master's project.

Hookah Bars Presentation: "Confronting the Emerging Threat of Hookah Bars"

Kathleen Dachille, director of the Center for Tobacco Regulation, presented to the group on the dangers of hookahs bars.

Legislative Updates: "Tobacco and the Maryland General Assembly 2009: Abbreviated Version"

Kathleen Dachille also updated the group on results from the 2009 Maryland General Assembly with respect to tobacco laws.

Resources: A list of resources for hookah information and information on budgeting.

STOPS meeting at Harford Community College, November 11, 2008

Our first meeting of the year was a big success! Students heard Victoria Almquist from the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids speak about marketing in the tobacco industry. Students also had time to brainstorm activities for their own campus communities.

November 11, 2008 Meeting Notes

Victoria Almquist's presentation

March 24, 2010

Kick Butts Day 2010
March 24, 2010 is Kick Butts Day! Upload information to your coalition page about your plans for this event and share ideas with other schools in Maryland! Find more information about Kick Butts day here: http://kickbuttsday.org/index.html