Winooski Prevention Blog

WPP is working to reduce impact of tobacco, alcohol advertising on youth

Aug 30, 2019

Winooski Partnership for Prevention met with the Planning Commission to present results of advertising opinions survey, discuss sign regulations

Youth to Youth 2019

Aug 07, 2019

"One man said he could. One man said he couldn't. They both were right."

Health Equity with Tobacco Control

Jul 12, 2019

Does tobacco advertising in stores target certain groups of people, such as youth, low income populations and racial/ethnic minorities? Of the Winooski and area residents who responded to this question in our 2018/2019 Winooski Tobacco and Alcohol Advertisement Opinions Survey, 43% strongly agreed with this sentiment while others varied between somewhat agreeing to having no opinion.

The truth is Big Tobacco does target certain populations with marketing and advertising, leading to health disparities among those populations.

Winooski Tobacco and Alcohol Advertising 2018-19 Survey results

Jun 10, 2019

The results are in! From December 2018 to April 2019, Winooski Partnership for Prevention distributed a survey on social media and at community events to collect Winooski residents’ attitudes on tobacco and alcohol advertising within the city.

What was the major takeaway? The majority of people would like to see fewer advertisements for tobacco, 87.5%, and alcohol, 78.8%, overall in Winooski.

Winooski ATI featured on Local 22 Local 44

May 15, 2019

To view Local 22 Local 44’s coverage of Winooski ATI, visit https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/how-winooski-students-...