Teens set tobacco policy at conference

Teens from all over the state are meeting at Simpson College in Indianola today for the “Iowa Tobacco Youth Summit.”Cathy Calloway is the director of the Tobacco Youth Prevention and Control Division of the Iowa Department of Public Health. Calloway says the 150 kids will put their ideas in the report that’ll be completed tomorrow.Calloway says the report will be the basis for the state’s plan to keep kids from using tobacco.She says it’s important to get the opinion of kids to make a difference. The state has nine-point-three million dollars from the tobacco settlement to spend on programs to keep kids away from tobacco.