How To Get Teens Not To Smoke – Prey on their inse…

How To Get Teens Not To Smoke – Prey on their insecurity. By Seth Stevenson: “A recent study suggested that the ‘Truth’ campaign has worked. It’s directly responsible for stopping about 300,000 teens from smoking. That’s the good news. (Stay off the gaspers, kids!) The bad news is that the funding’s running out. The American Legacy Foundation received its last payment of $300 million (from the 1998 tobacco settlement) in March 2003. With no new influx of money, the Truth campaign will likely stop making and airing smart, effective spots like these.”

UA Young Democrat Steven Gerner, a political scien…

UA Young Democrat Steven Gerner, a political science and pre-pharmacy sophomore, said he and three other Young Democrats had been waiting in line with their tickets for about 40 minutes when a staff member approached him and asked to read his T-shirt.

Gerner was the only one of the four wearing a UAYD T-shirt, which read, “Don’t be a smart (image of a donkey, the Democratic Party symbol). UA Young Democrats.”

Gerner said the staffer, who refused to provide his name, asked for Gerner’s ticket and crumpled it up.

The staffer walked away, returned in 20 minutes, and told Gerner his name had been added to a list banning him from entering the convention center for the speech.