Say What! Presentations
Get the facts on tobacco
Tobacco/vape-Free
School Signage
Guides & Activities

Education and increasing awareness are essential to creating the first tobacco-free and nicotine-free generation. Most people don’t realize the negative impact tobacco and nicotine products have on our society and our health. So, we’ve created easily accessible resources that can be downloaded to help you educate your peers and community members about the harmful effects of tobacco use.

Say What! PowerPoints

These presentations were created by Say What! Teen Ambassadors, Consultants, and staff and were presented during numerous statewide trainings including the Say What! Action Summits and annual Texas Tobacco-Free Conference.

Presentations
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The Roots of Tobacco

For centuries, Big Tobacco has exhausted every access point to gain new consumers. From taking a sacred plant and turning it into a deadly product, to infiltrating American culture, the tobacco industry has stopped at nothing to influence and manipulate every single person into using their deadly products. This presentation will expose each deceptive tactic and practice from the beginning of tobacco’s history.

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Up In Smoke

There’s no such thing as a “safe” tobacco product. All are dangerous and can lead to very adverse mental & physical effects for a user and the people around them. During this presentation, learn more about all the gross realities of what commercialized tobacco products can do to the body and mind.

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Tobacco’s Toll: Unveiling Environmental Concerns

The tobacco industry and their commercialized products don’t just affect the health of people, but the health of our planet, too. This presentation discusses the devastating impact tobacco products have on our environment, what tobacco companies want us to believe they’re doing, and what we can do to help make our planet healthier.

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Science Behind the Chemicals

So, you know nicotine is addictive, but have you ever wondered just how exactly vaping can cause addiction? What about those chemicals? You know they’re dangerous too but what is happening to the body and brain? This presentation will expose all the different chemicals that are found inside of vapes and the adverse effects done by those same chemicals.

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Strategies Behind the Marketing

The tobacco industry is ruthless with its constant approach to marketing to youth, adults, specific demographics, and more. This presentation will take you behind the scenes on the approaches and strategies that tobacco companies use to market their products.

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Endgame Strategies

Tobacco companies have been deceiving and killing for too long. This presentation discusses how some states in the U.S. as well as other countries are implementing strategies that are finally taking down Big Tobacco to create the first nicotine-free generation.

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Vaping Marketing & Advertising Tactics

You probably see tobacco products every day in TV shows and online streaming without even realizing it. Learn how Big Tobacco is marketing to youth today and how advertising has changed throughout history. This session will also discuss the impact that tobacco has had on pop-culture, movies, video games and more.

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Say What! PowerPoint Template

Create your own presentation with our Say What! themed slide deck. Whether you're giving an educational presentation or recruiting members to join your youth group, you can use this template to help you represent being a part of the Say What! movement.

Educational Handouts

Say What! educational handouts include flyers, fact cards, and infographics that discuss a variety of tobacco prevention topics including e-cigarettes, hookah, smokeless tobacco and much more. You can download these handouts in English or Spanish for any school or community project or as a leave behind when speaking to elected officials, school board members, school administrators, or community organizations and businesses.

Get the Facts on
E-cigarettes & Vaping
Get the Facts on
Smoking and Health Get the Facts on
Entertainment Media Get the Facts on
Hookah Get the Facts on
Smokeless Tobacco
Get the Facts on Tobacco

Tobacco-Free School Signage

Does your school know they are required to be tobacco and nicotine-free? Help your school clearly communicate, enforce, and support a tobacco-free,

e-cigarette free campus!

tobacco-free school 
signage kit

Vape-Free School Signage

To assist schools in their efforts to communicate their campus is a tobacco-free and vape-free campus, Say What! has designed several resources that can be placed throughout campus.

Vape-free school 
signage kit
Signage
Say What! Facilitation Guide
DIY Tar Jar
Youth Group Guide
& Activities for Virtual Setting
DIY Phlegm Jar
Preventing Youth Tobacco Use: Activities Guide
Tobacco-Free Worksheets

Guides

To enhance your facilitation skills, tobacco prevention activities and presentation efforts, we’ve created a variety of guides and activities you can view and implement with ease.

Guides and Activities
More Guides & Activities:

For more downloadable resources, guides, and activities for social media, your local media, and working with elected officials, visit the Speak Up page.

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Say What! EST. 2011

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512.245.8082

Mailing Address

Texas School Safety Center

ATTN: Say What Program

Texas State University

601 University Drive

San Marcos, TX 78666

Say What! was created and designed by young people from across Texas and connects students interested in eliminating tobacco from their schools and communities. The Say What! movement is funded by the Texas Department of State Health Services through a contract with the Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University.