TFND announces the fourth annual Video Essay Scholarship Contest for all ND high school seniors. TFND is a statewide non-profit that advocates for policies to prevent youth initiation to tobacco and nicotine products with the goal of creating North Dakota’s first tobacco free generation. North Dakota High school seniors will have the opportunity to compete for a $1500 college scholarship. To participate students must submit a 1-3 minute video based on topics chosen by TFND. The contest is open to all high school seniors. This year’s topics are:
•The tobacco industry wants to bring smoking back into public places. Interview your family, friends, and community members about what it was like when there was smoking in places like restaurants, offices, and even the legislature.
•You get to make the laws for a day- what laws do you make relating to tobacco products?
•Tobacco products are a leading cause of pollution worldwide- show us how tobacco pollution affectsyour community and what can be done to stop it.
•Tobacco companies spend millions of dollars every year marketing their products to the next generation of potential customers- Youth. How would you convince young people to stay tobacco/nicotine free?
TFND will take in video entries up to the submission deadline which is 11:59pm on November 27, 2023. A committee will select the winner, which will then be displayed at www.tfnd.org. The winner will receive a $1,500 college scholarship! TFND will present the prize and take photos with the winner prior to June 30, 2024, if possible. Full details can be found in the Video Essay Scholarship forms attached to this release, along with TFND’s website. If you have any questions or concerns, email Andrew Horn, TFND’s Coalition Program Director, at andrew@tfnd.org. For more information about Tobacco Free North Dakota follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The mission of Tobacco Free North Dakota is to improve and protect the public health of all North Dakotans by reducing the serious health and economic consequences of tobacco use, the state’s number one cause of preventable disease and death.