STAAND – Gold Country Rural Regional Project
About Us
STAAND (Small Town Allies Against Nicotine Dependency) is a tobacco prevention project working in the rural Gold Country region of central-eastern California. Particularly focused on the counties of: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mono, Nevada, Stanislaus, Sutter, and Tuolumne; and the cities within these counties.
While California as a whole has lower rates of smoking and tobacco use than the rest of the United States, rural Californian communities have much higher rates with young people typically becoming addicted to tobacco at younger ages, people of all ages using tobacco products more often, and much higher use rates of smokeless tobacco products like chew and nicotine pouches. All of this leads to higher rates of chronic disease in communities where access to quality health care and quit services can also be challenge.
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Coalition
YAFT (Young Adults Fighting Tobacco)
The Young Adults Fighting Tobacco coalition was established in 2019 with the mission to allow young adults to tell their stories and empower them to fight against the tobacco industry within their rural communities. Today, our members can be found within many counties of the Gold Country region of California and continue to work with these communities to address the tobacco waste and health epidemic.
Join Us!
If you’re a young adult between the ages of 18-25 living in the Gold Country of California and want to make a difference in your community then join YAFT! Join by filling out this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YAFT.
For more information, email us: yaft@healthcollaborative.org
Check out our YAFT website here! yaft.org
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