SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
University Affairs Office
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
(707) 664-2057
e-mail: jean.wasp@sonoma.edu
University Affairs Office
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
(707) 664-2057
e-mail: jean.wasp@sonoma.edu
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 24, 2003 File #355
Contact: Jean Wasp, Media Relations, (707) 664-2057
Health and Wellness Fair on May 1 Targets Smokers
The glass you are looking at turns ever darker, as more and more of the toxic chemicals are dumped in. Soon that clean, pure glass of water has become nothing more then a mass of congealed tar amidst the 14,000 chemicals found in today's cigarettes.This will be one of the more graphic demonstrations that students will see at the annual Health and Wellness Fair from noon-1 p.m. on Thursday, May 1 in the Stevenson Quad on campus.
The main focus of this year's fair, according to SSU Health Center coordinator Toni Boracchia, will be the new campus smoking policy and the environmental and social ramifications of discarded cigarettes.
Boracchia is hoping to get the message across through the use of the Team 02 van, an interactive educational tool that uses videos and games to create a hip environment for visitors.
Groups at the fair will include Blood Bank of the Redwoods, the Sonoma County HIV Testing Van, the Healing Lotus Yoga Wellness Center, massage therapists and chiropractors. Recreation Sports will also sponsor a Tug of War in the quad from 12-1.
For more information, call (707) 664-2927.