October 24, 2011   Students of Curtis and Tottenville high Schools yesterday encouraged elected officials to take a walk in their shoes to see how easily children and teenagers can be influenced by advertisements for tobacco companies. The group of students led a tour, beginning at Curtis and continuing through the streets of St. George, to point out advertisements for tobacco companies that are posted on the fronts of many stores located within blocks of the school. The “Take a Walk in Our Shoes” tour was sponsored by the American Lung Association, the Staten Island Smoke-Free Initiative and Reality Check, a program sponsored by the JCC. Students wore red shirts with the legend “The More Tobacco Advertising I See, The More Likely I Am To Smoke.”

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