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No Limits Beat: Issue #1 (August 2017)
Summer Summit Recap By: Kamrin Edmonds Another Summer Activism Summit is in the books! No Limits held the 2017 Summer Activism Summit at the Divots Conference Center in Norfolk on May 30-31. This summit was held for those who were unable to attend the Fall Summit due...
No Limits Beat: Issue #4 (May 2017)
Philip Morris USA By: Brooklyn Larimore It's mid-May, picture yourself standing in the streets of Richmond, Virginia: the home of Philip Morris, a tobacco town. You are protesting at the top of your lungs for more than an hour. Out of the entire year, you only have...
FDA to Expand Public Education Campaign
Article by: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Posted: August 8, 2017 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it would pursue a strategic, new public health education campaign aimed at discouraging the use of e-cigarettes and other electronic...
Nebraska Students Take on Big Tobacco
Article by: Margaret Silhasek Interview by: Margaret Silhasek Posted: May 30, 2017 NORFOLK — For 33 Nebraska students, combating the social norm created by Big Tobacco has no limits. Students from across the state came together at the youth-led, No Limits...
New U.S. Survey Shows Declines in Youth Tobacco Use
Article by: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Posted: June 15, 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The government’s 2016 National Youth Tobacco Survey released today provides good news across the board about the nation’s fight to protect kids from tobacco use – the leading cause of...
WNTD Highlights Benefits of Reducing Tobacco Use
Statement issued by: Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today countries around the globe will mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), held annually by the World Health Organization (WHO) to encourage strong action to reduce...
No Limits Beat: Issue #3 (April 2017)
Fall Summit Recap By: Tayte Jussel No Limits Fall Summit was held on December 10th and 11th at Carol Joy Holling, in Ashland, Nebraska. Turnout was a little lighter than expected due to weather issues in the northeast part of Nebraska. However, not even Nebraska...
Kick Butts Day focuses on growing market of e-cigs, cigars
Article by: Lincoln Journal Star Photo by: No Limits Posted: March 16, 2017 LINCOLN--Kids in Nebraska united against tobacco use March 15, joining thousands of young people nationwide to mark Kick Butts Day. More than 1,000 events are planned across the United States...
Tobacco tax beneficial
Article by: Brooklyn Larimore Posted: March 5, 2017 LETTER TO THE EDITOR--Nebraska's cigarette tax hasn't changed for 15 years. At 64 cents per pack, we have one of the lowest in the nation. However, this isn't because we haven't tried. Another bill to increase the...
No Limits Beat: Issue #2 (January 2017)
Same Ol' Dog. Same Ol' Tricks. By: Thomas Honeywell The theme for the 2016-2107 No Limits Youth Empowerment Movement is "Same Ol' Dog. Same Ol' Tricks." The Youth Board created this theme because Big Tobacco has a history of using slick marketing tactics, towards...
No Limits Beat: Issue #1 (November 2016)
Kick Butts Day and Summer Summit Recap By: Kamrin Edmonds At this year's Kick Butts Day, we had record attendance of more than 130 youth and group sponsors from across the state. We had a short, but very productive 24 hours together on March 15-16. Students were...
Lincoln High senior found passion in fight against tobacco use
Initially, it was a little-sister thing. A tag-along-with-your-big-sister-to-a-summer-conference thing that very quickly became a Joanna Hejl thing, because the things she heard at that conference the summer before her freshman year stayed with her. They took root and grew into the passion that she’s convinced will define her future, and last week led to her testifying before a legislative committee.