Join Indianapolis’ Voice Youth at the 2008 Skatepark Jam at the Major Taylor Velodrome on June 21, 2008 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m..  Along with awesome skateboarding the Voice Youth will host an interactive display with contests and giveaways. 

Skatepark Jam is an amateur skateboard competition for beginner through advance skill levels. Participants  compete for prizes and awards on a 15,000 square foot concrete bowl that is a street oriented course and includes a five sided transition pyramid, tons of bank, ledges, walls, a few rails and smooth flowing lines. Skateparkjam.com is your source for all the latest info and news for the Tom Wood Scion Skatepark Jam. For more information visit www.skateparkjam.com.

Join Indianapolis’ Voice Youth at the 2008 Skatepark Jam at the Major Taylor Velodrome on June 21, 2008 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m..  Along with awesome skateboarding the Voice Youth will host an interactive display with contests and giveaways. 

Skatepark Jam is an amateur skateboard competition for beginner through advance skill levels. Participants  compete for prizes and awards on a 15,000 square foot concrete bowl that is a street oriented course and includes a five sided transition pyramid, tons of bank, ledges, walls, a few rails and smooth flowing lines. Skateparkjam.com is your source for all the latest info and news for the Tom Wood Scion Skatepark Jam. For more information visit www.skateparkjam.com.

Join Smoke Free Indy for Kids Day at the Marion County Fair on July 26, 2008.  The day will feature smoke free activities, a cheerleading contest, 4-H exhibits and other fun filled possibilities.  If you cannot make it on this day, make sure you come another day because this year the ENTIRE fair is smoke free!

Indy Jazz Fest Becomes a Smoke Free Event

If a premier musical event, like Indy Jazz Fest, that will host nearly 20,000 people can go entirely smoke-free, then why can’t all entertainment venues become smoke-free? 

Making it smoke-free sends the right message to attendees and the artists that Indianapolis takes it’s cultural events seriously.  WhiteLies.tv (Indiana’s anti-tobacco campaign) is sponsoring the main stage and worked with Indy Jazz Fest to make this possible.

Indy Jazz Fest Lineup 

FRIDAY, JUNE 13
Gates open at 6:00 p.m.
Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving Stage
6:45–7:45 Bettye LaVette
9:00–9:30 Claude Sifferlin Trio

WhiteLies.tv Stage
6:15–6:45 Mike Milligan and Steam Shovel
7:45–9:00 Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood
9:30–10:30 Buddy Guy

SATURDAY, JUNE 14
Gates open at 3:00 p.m.
Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving Stage
3:15–4:15 Stephanie Browning Quartet
5:15–6:15 Dan Tepfer Trio
7:15–7:45 Cynthia Layne
9:00–9:30 Melvin Rhyne

WhiteLies.tv Stage
4:15–5:15 Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band
6:15–7:15 Freddie Hubbard
7:45–9:00 Dave Koz
9:30–11:00 John Legend

SUNDAY, JUNE 15
Gates open at 3:00 p.m.
Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving Stage
4:00–5:00 Robin McKelle
5:00–6:00 Aaron Parks Quartet

WhiteLies.tv Stage
3:15–4:00 TBD
6:00–9:00 Legends of Jazz Tour Sponsored by AARP
6:00–7:00 Ramsey Lewis
7:00–8:00 Paquito D’Rivera
8:00–9:00 Fourplay

All artists and times are subject to change

Join Smoke Free Indy and Indianapolis’ VOICE youth for an International Concert focusing on tobacco’s negative effects around the world by many unique and talented performers.  The concert will be held at Lafayette Square Mall, 3919 Lafayette Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46254, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on May 31, 2008. 

Please join Smoke Free Indy and the IUPUI Wellness coalition for a public forum on smoke free air in Indianapolis.  The forum will be held at Democracy Plaza at IUPUI on April 24th at noon.  At the forum you will hear about why all of Indianapolis should be smoke free for all workers.

Indiana Campaign for Smokefree Air, Press Release:

A poll released on January 22, 2008 found that voters from across Indiana support a statewide law prohibiting smoking inside all workplaces, including restaurants, bars and casinos. 

By a strong majority (59 percent to 39 percent), Hoosier voters support a law prohibiting smoking “in indoor public places, including workplaces, public buildings, offices, casinos, restaurants and bars.” This support comes from a broad-based group of voters across the state, including a majority of Liberals, Conservatives and Moderates. Nearly half of all voters (47 percent) strongly favor such a law…  Indiana Smoke Free Air Opinion Poll Press Release January 2008

By calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW Indiana residents can receive a FREE two-week supply of the patch or gum along with free over the phone counseling to help them quit smoking.  But hurry this offer is only available for a very limited time.  Call today because there has never been a better time to quit!

People with no risk factors for heart disease can still experience heart attacks. An Indiana University study found that after a countywide smoking ban was implemented, hospital admissions for such heart attacks dropped 70 percent for non-smokers — but not for smokers.

The study, published in the latest Journal of Drug Education, was the first to examine the effect of public smoking bans on heart attacks in non-smokers. Previous studies did not distinguish between non-smokers and smokers when examining the effect of the bans or specifically look at non-smokers who had no risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or previous heart surgery.

Researchers examined hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Monroe County, Ind., and Delaware County, Ind..  The study compared the two counties in addition to analyzing the 35,482 hospital admissions in Monroe county 22 months before and 22 months after the initial smoking ban was adopted. In Monroe County, there was a 70 percent drop in the number of hospital admissions for AMI among non-smoking patients with no history of heart disease, compared to an 11 percent drop in Delaware County. This translates into a 59 percent net decrease in the number of non-smoking patient admissions for heart attacks after the Monroe County public smoking ban was enforced

Check out the new Smoke Free Indy Myspace page at, www.myspace.com/sfindy.

When you are there please remember to make Smoke Free Indy one of your friends!