CASAP Newsletter

CASAP News

1. The next CASAP Quarterly Meeting will be held in June. Please complete this doodle poll to help us decide which day works best!

2. Responsible Beverage Servers training in Chinatown will be conducted May 20 and 21 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm at Chinese American Service League. Click here to see the recruitment flyer for more details.

3. World No Tobacco Day is May 31st.

4. The Teen Advisory Panels "Eco Art" Project will be displayed June 1, 3 and 4th at the Chinatown Chicago Public Library. Click here for more details.

TAP Participant works on Art Project

5. Poster contest
Asian Health Coalition is hosting a poster design contest to promote awareness of the effects of smoking and alcohol within the Asian Community. Click front page and back page for the flyer with detailed information about the contest.

Resources

1. The Wall Street Journal has made a video available discussing why New York may raise the legal age to buy tobacco to 21.

Watch the video here

2. A new study shows that dialogue between parents and their children can stem teen smoking.

Read the article here

3. AsianWeek has posted an article discussing how smoking impacts Asian Americans and former Asian American smokers speak of tobacco's dangers.

Read the article here

4. Asian Smokers Quitline
English: 1-800-QUIT-NOW
Chinese: 1-800-838-8917 (for Mandarin and Cantonese)
Korean : 1-800-556-5564
Vietnamese: 1-800-778-8440
You can learn more information at http://asiansmokersquitline.org/

For more information, contact:

Sandhya Krishnan, Program Manager, or

Alia Ryan, Program Coordinator

alia@asianhealth.org

CASAP's mission is to prevent substance abuse among Asian Americans in Chicago through building community partnerships and capacity, assessing the needs and resources of the community, strategic planning, and implementing and evaluating culturally appropriate prevention strategies for awareness, advocacy, and education.

Its vision is to reduce rates of substance use and abuse among Asian youth and adults.

Please Contact Us:

Sandhya Krishnan
Program Manager

Alia Ryan
Program Coordinator

T: 312-372-7070 ex. 228
F: 312-372-7171
E: alia@asianhealth.org
W: casapil.com

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