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CV Schools Get Grant to Prevent Smoking

The average age that an adult smoker begins using tobacco is 13, and 90 percent of adult smokers pick up a cigarette before age 18.

From the Alameda County Office of Education

Castro Valley's middle schools and high school will be the recipients of a California Department of Education grant to reduce the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, county education officials said.

The $362,812 grant will be shared among Berkeley and Castro Valley schools and will supplement county funding for the Tobacco Use Prevention Program, which aims to reach youth during a critical window. 

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The average age that an adult smoker begins using tobacco is 13, and 90 percent of adult smokers pick up a cigarette before age 18, said Sheila Jordan, Superintendent of Alameda County Schools. 

"We are pleased that we are able to provide this critical support for our students at a time when so many crucial funds for programs like service learning, civic engagement, and gang prevention are diminishing and disappearing,” she said.

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The program also serves Dublin, Livermore, Newark, San Leandro and San Lorenzo.  


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