Tar Wars

A pro-health, tobacco-free education program and poster contest.

Fifth graders statewide.

Education and Community Involvement

Education - Health care providers and educators become teachers for one hour as they present the Tar Wars lesson. The lesson focuses on the short-term effects of tobacco use, the reason people use tobacco and images that tobacco companies use to market their products. Please see Tar Wars curriculum highlights.

Community Involvement - Tar Wars provides an opportunity for health care providers, school personnel and community members to form coalitions toward the common goal of discouraging tobacco use among youths.

Tar Wars has been implemented in all 50 states and internationally, reaching an estimated 1,500,000+ children. In Hawaii last year alone we reached
approximately 54 schools and 3,800 children.

Tar Wars was developed in 1988 by the Hall of Life at the Denver Museum of Natural History and DOC (Doctors Ought to Care).

Tar Wars is owned and operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians.The national office provides support to state coordinators, who oversee the program in their area. Locally, Tar Wars is operated by the Hawaii Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.

Mail:
Tar Wars Hawaii
95-1249 Meheula Parkway G-5, #351
Mililani, HI 96789
Phone: (808) 295-1198
Fax (808) 625-7280
State Coordinator: Susan M. Christensen, M.D.
Email: tarwarshawaii@aol.com