Youth Advocates of the Year Awards - Deadline for International Category Extended to March 13th

Each year the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids in Washington, DC honors youth advocates who have made significant efforts to reduce tobacco use. This year one of the individual awards is open to international applicants.

The Youth Advocates of the Year Awards honor top youth advocates - young people who have fought hard to promote tobacco prevention legislation in their areas - to reduce tobacco marketing to kids in their communities and to stop their peers from using tobacco.

Please find the application forms at www.tobaccofreekids.org/yaya. Youths applying for the award must be aged 15-18 and be competent in spoken English so that they can take part in interviews and a youth symposium in Washington.

Please disregard the deadline as we have decided to extend it to March 13th.

The winners will be notified in early April 2009 and will be honored at the Youth Advocates of the Year Awards Gala dinner, which will be held in Washington, DC on May 6, 2009. The youth advocates recognized at the gala will receive scholarship and grant awards.