Vegetable Brush and Peeler

Prepare veggies with this multi-function tool now available in the TSET Fulfillment Center for grantees! Nylon brush scrubs veggies clean and stainless-steel blade to peel them. This is a dishwasher-safe design that includes a hanging hole for easy storage.

The peeler is branded with the Shape Your Future logo on one side.

This is a helpful tool to get people cooking with a good reminder to find healthy recipes at Shape Your Future.

Sugar-Free Breath Mints

This small pack of mints features round white sugar-free peppermint breath mints. These mints are a perfect reminder of one of the benefits of quitting tobacco — fresher breath. These are also a good replacement for tobacco users during a craving while trying to quit.

These mints are a great way to share information about the free My Life My Quit (MLMQ) resources available to teens 13-17 to get help quitting tobacco including vaping. Great as a leave behind for discussions/presentation about vaping at high schools or other community engagements.

Healthy Meal Placemats

These Shape Your Future placemats are most often used by teachers, children’s civic/social groups and church groups. Kids love drawing their own healthy meal, while learning about portion size and how to rethink their drink.

These placemats are an inexpensive, yet effective item for teachers and other organizations that deal with kids daily.

Schools and cafeterias – and even restaurants serving healthy options – can use these to decorate hallways and dining areas with challenges to fill half your plate with fruit and veggies.

• Physical Activity Resources
  • We’re promoting workouts Oklahomans can do at home!

• Summer Favorites Blog
  • This listicle-style blog will have sections for recipes, drinks and activities. Things like summer (booze-free) drink recipes and meals the whole family will love!

• New Blog: Busy Mom Self Care 
  • This blog features easy ways moms can incorporate self care into their routine while improving mental health.

The Helpline is offering Oklahomans who want to quit tobacco a special opportunity. Beginning May 1, Oklahomans who sign up for the Helpline will get at least eight weeks of gum, patches or lozenges for free. This limited time offer of extra nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) runs through June 30.

The Helpline has traditionally offered two free weeks of nicotine replacement therapy. By building a plan to quit with the Helpline and fighting cravings with the NRT options provided, Oklahomans can double their chances of successfully quitting tobacco.

Mother's Day Efforts (May 8 - 14)

• OTH will release both a statewide and customizable grantee version of a press release for Mother's Day, highlighting the need for mothers and moms-to-be to stop using tobacco.
• We will also have a social media video featuring a testimonial from Candace, a mom who successfully quit tobacco with the Helpline for her daughters. 

Summer Savings Testimonials (May 3 - 10)

• OTH will promote posts around commenters’ stories of what they did with their money after quitting, with a summertime flair. For example, we bought a motorcycle or took a trip to Disney!

• Watch for OTH May print appearances in: Oklahoma Nurse and Oklahoma Academy of Pediatrics.
• Plus, we will be featured on
  • Digital Billboards in OKC & Tulsa
  • Bus Shelters & Benches in Lawton, OKC & Tulsa
  • Doorhangers in OKC, Tulsa, Ada & Lawton
    

New Blog Explains the Not-So-Sweet Tricks Big Tobacco Uses

As the dangers of traditional tobacco become well-known and well-regulated, tobacco companies are finding new ways to hook a new generation of customers: flavored tobacco and nicotine products. Despite a ban of certain vapes in 2020, many other flavored products such as filtered cigars, disposable e-cigarettes, menthols and other alternative-nicotine products have made their way into stores and into the hands of minors. Learn how Big Tobacco is pulling the strings.

• Yearbook Promoted Posts
  • In 2022, 1 in 5 kids vaped. One third of those kids vaped on a daily basis. Proof that our kids are more addicted than ever.
• Kids in Cars Seatbelt Promoted Post
  • We've protected them from dangers outside the car. What about the dangers within? Secondhand smoke in cars puts our kids at greater risk.
• Smoking Death Rate Infographic
  • Murders? Drug overdoses? Alcohol-related deaths? They don't even come close to the number of deaths that result from smoking.

• Quit the Hit, the popular cessation group, re-opened enrollment at the end of March. We have 236 total registrations of 13-24 year-olds as of April 17. It's exciting that we were able to activate a second enrollment period before the end of FY23!

• Down and Dirty’s latest message package, “No Fix for Dip,” is live through mid-May. Watch the ad now!
• Tobacco Message Testing Report
  • We learned a lot in our latest report after talking with Oklahoma teens about tobacco messaging, including:
    • Showing the effects of vaping that are relevant to teens resonated well. Short-term physical effects, discomfort or disappointing friends, and financial strain were all compelling messaging areas that allowed important facts to shine.
    • Credible facts presented in a ‘science-forward’ way, such as including specific chemical names and how they interfere with biological mechanisms are well liked.
    • Anything perceived as ‘scare tactics’ can quickly feel overdone - teens liked when messaging was well-balanced. Teens are used to seeing other prevention and anti-vaping messages that feature fear appeals and can dismiss messages that only convey “vaping is scary”.

May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, but you don’t have to be a top athlete to join the fun. Physical activity is great for Oklahomans of all ages and abilities!

Coming soon, episode 38 of the TSET Better Health Podcast explores how - from Bike and Walk to School Day for students in early May to free workout videos from Shape Your Future that help beginners bust their yoga, dance and barre exercise moves.