Advocating for a
Healthier California
The California Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN) advocates with and for youth and young adults to create equitable, sustainable change to advance overall community health.
What's New
Smoke and Tobacco-Free Campus Road Map
Researchers from the Public Health Institute - Alcohol Research Group have released a Road Map to 100% Smoke and Tobacco-Free Campuses resource which highlights factors associated with policy development at California Community Colleges. The Road Map captures stories from colleges that have successfully adopted comprehensive smoke and tobacco-free policies. This material also shares recommendations from the study on how community colleges can advance smoke and tobacco-free initiatives. This project, led by Dr. Camillia Lui, was funded by the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program and CYAN. was grateful to participate on the Study Advisory Committee.
Statewide Youth Advocacy Conference
july 15 - 18, 2024
Registration for CYAN’s annual Statewide Youth Advocacy Conference is open through June 7, 2024. This is designed for youth who are working on making their communities smoke and commercial tobacco-free, and offers them the opportunity to learn more about advocacy and practice their skills. The event is held at the Happy Valley Conference Center in Santa Cruz County.
CYAN is hosting an information webinar on Thursday, May 9 at 10:00am to provide more information on this opportunity. Conference details and a link to register for the webinar are availabile here.
New Social Media Resource
CYAN is thrilled to unveil its latest creation, a new factsheet titled "Best Practices for Crafting Social Media Messages to Support Youth and Young Adult Cessation." This concise, one-page resource encapsulates CYAN’s wealth of knowledge in this field.
You can download it HERE.
Supporting engagement and advocacy.
youth
Empowering California’s youth to create tobacco-free environments. CYAN’s Youth Program supports the development of youth-adult partnerships in order to effectively advocate for social norm change in local communities.
college
Through training, education, and support, CYAN is partnering with student and public health advocates to eliminate tobacco and tobacco industry presence on California college and university campuses.
emerging tobacco
Youth and young adults are more likely to use new and emerging tobacco and nicotine products than any other age group population. In order to combat this reality, CYAN provides support and resources to organizations striving to prevent young people from tobacco use.
Resources
CYAN supports tobacco-free prevention and advocacy throughout the California. We provide resources such as program-specific educational materials, tools, and fact sheets as well as web-based trainings to increase knowledge and capacity of tobacco control advocates.
Educational Materials
CYAN’s educational materials are designed for youth and young adults. The goal of these materials is to increase awareness of the realities of new and emerging tobacco products, prevent tobacco use, and encourage quit attempt among young people.
Fact Sheets & tools
A variety of fact sheets, tools, and materials are available for youth, young adult, and tobacco control advocates working to limit tobacco in local communities. The resources range from informational fact sheets to tools to support community engagement and advocacy activities.
online Trainings
CYAN utilizes web-based technology to provide a range of training opportunities for individuals advocating for smoke/tobacco-free policies as well as those promoting quit attempts. Trainings are available for youth advocates, college students and staff, and military health professionals.