In 2012, a national initiative for tobacco-free college campuses was launched. Making tobacco use a difficult choice on post-secondary campuses is one way we can work to reduce tobacco use.

Working with Spark

Spark is a statewide program that offers 18-24 year olds an opportunity to educate peers, community leaders, and decision makers that tobacco is a threat to the health of all individuals. Spark's mission is to ignite change and reduce the deadly impact of tobacco by advocating for tobacco-free campuses and policy change surrounding tobacco issues.

More information about Spark can be found at sparkwi.org or by contacting Nick Surita.

• Spark One-Pager
• Spark Advocacy Guide
• Spark Sample Tobacco-Free Campus Policy

Related Resources

• Issue Look - Tobacco 21
• Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults , A report of the Surgeon General
• The Toll of Tobacco in Wisconsin
• Hookah Factsheets
  • Spark Hookah Factsheet
  • American Lung Association - Hookah Smoking: A Growing Threat to Public Health

Tobacco-Free Campus Policies in WI and US

• Americans for Nonsmoker Rights List of Smoke-/Tobacco-Free Campuses
• Map of Tobacco-Free Campuses in Wisconsin