Signature symbol and acronym for the Kentucky Center for Smoke Free Policy

For the past month the Kentucky Center for Smoke free Policy has been in a shuffle. Everyone is buzzing about the upcoming move at the end of this month and beginning of next month. What this new location will mean for the organization, is more space to work, and a new beginning for the mission that they started years ago.
If you were to go to their website you can read about some interesting findings that the teams at the center have been finding. For example, the team [Ellen J. Hahn (principal investigator), Kiyoung Lee (Faculty Associate/Environmental Scientist), Heather Roberston (Program Administrator), and Amanda Bucher (Data Coordinator)] handling the monitoring of air quality found that some "workers and patrons in Greenup County were exposed to indoor air pollution levels approx. 2.3 times the National ambient Air Quality Standard for outdoor air, " (Bucher, Hahn, Lee, & Robertson, 2015). This just shows how people can be working under hazardous conditions without even realizing that their lives are at risk. When looking at this data, keep in mind, that it is legal to smoke out doors, and thusly it is responsible to assume that the levels of toxins outdoors will be high; there is no reason that the toxins found inside of buildings should exceed that of the conjoint outside, its also important to recall that smoking indoors is illegal. So then how is this even possible? These are the questions that the teams investigate over that the center- and this is the fundamental importance of KCSP, not only for the community of Lexington, but to the state as a whole; Kentucky.

Banner that the KCSP used to campaign 2nd hand smoke

Now while people over at KCSP have been busy working on the collection and analysis of data I myself have been helping the great cause. Perhaps not on the same level, but... I have more or less done some good. For two hours I went and scanned and sorted important documentation. The move, as mentioned earlier, has been using quite a bit of man power, something that is hard to have in a place that is constantly bustling with the prospects of a better tomorrow. Time is scarce, needless to say, and every moment counts. This is why, even though it wasn't as glamorous as some other jobs, I feel my time was well spent. I know how helpful an extra pair of hands can be sometimes and I could definitely tell every second I spent helping, was greatly appreciated. The copier did jam, every three or four papers, but I can't complain; I know that while I took over the coping job, someone else was able to go and analyze or collect new information that will probably be beneficial to my health and the health of others in the future.
I am excited to say that in the up coming month, November to some, or Lung Cancer Awareness month to KCSP, I will be having a more hands on experience. We will be tending to tables and booths set up around campus. Here we will passing out pamphlets and brochure on some of the dangers of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd hand smoke. Things that most people won't know about and information that will hopefully change the life or lives of college student(s). Aside from the booth, we also have some interesting assignments to follow up on their social media campaigns. Hopefully I'll get to tweet some interesting facts out about some new discoveries that the teams have been finding.