SU Ag Center Communities of Color Network

10/06/2026

On October 3, COC participated in the Treasure Your Chest Breast Cancer Awareness Event, providing the community with education and resources focused on breast cancer prevention and awareness. COC also utilized an interactive lung display to engage attendees and provide education on the effects of to***co and va**ng on lung health. The event created an opportunity to discuss the connection between secondhand and thirdhand smoke exposure and breast cancer, which generated significant interest and engagement among attendees. COC shared to***co and va**ng prevention and cessation resources while encouraging participants to reduce their exposure to secondhand and thirdhand smoke and make healthier choices for themselves and their families.

10/03/2026

10/03/2026

DON’T BE A BUTTHEAD!

Your life matters, stay smoke free!

Need help quitting?

☎️: Call 1-800-Quit-Now

source: CDC circa 1998

09/28/2026

COC participated in the UNShaken Men’s Health Initiative: Prostate Cancer Awareness Day in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We provided to***co, va**ng prevention, immunization and cessation resources to attendees and engaged participants in educational conversations about the health risks associated with to***co and va**ng. The lung model was presented as an interactive educational tool to demonstrate the impact of to***co and va**ng on lung health and promote healthy lifestyle choices.

Start your smoke free journey today!

☎️Call: 1-800-QUIT-NOW
📱Text: READY to 34191
💻Visit: QuitWithUsLA.org

09/27/2026

Proud to be a hole sponsor for the Louis B. Saulny, Jr. Golf Classic, hosted by the Association of St. Augustine Alumni! ⛳️ The Communities of Color Network is glad to support St. Aug and the Purple Knight community. 💜💛

09/22/2026

Studies show that even short periods of physical activity, especially aerobic exercise, reduce the urge to smoke. Aerobic exercise is physical activity that makes you sweat, causes you to breathe harder, and gets your heart beating faster. It strengthens your heart and lungs. Walking, swimming, running, dancing, cycling, and boxing are a few types of aerobic exercise.

Call: 1-800-QUIT-NOW
Text: READY to 34191
Visit: QuitWithUsLA.org

source: smokefree.gov
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09/15/2026

Menthol is also used in other commercial to***co products, such as e-cigarettes, ci**rs, ho**ah to***co, smokeless to***co, ni****ne pouches, and heated to***co products.

To***co companies add menthol to commercial to***co products to make them seem less harsh and more appealing to young people and to people who have never used to***co products.

(source: CDC)
Need help kicking to***co products?
Call: 1-800-QUIT-NOW
Text: READY to 34191
Visit: QuitWithUsLA.org

09/11/2026

Cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure cause more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. This is nearly one in five deaths.

Quit today for a better life!

☎️Call: 1-800-QUIT-NOW
📱Text: READY to 34191
💻Visit: QuitWithUsLA.org

09/06/2026

We can fight the urge! We CAN beat Big To***co!

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09/04/2026

All forms of to***co use are harmful, and there is no safe level of exposure to to***co. Cigarette smoking is the most common form of to***co use worldwide. Other to***co products include waterpipe to***co, ci**rs, cigarillos, heated to***co, roll-your-own to***co, pipe to***co, bidis and kreteks, and smokeless to***co products.

source: who.int

Start your smoke free journey today!

☎️Call: 1-800-QUIT-NOW
📱Text: READY to 34191
💻Visit: QuitWithUsLA.org