SALT LAKE CITY-- Utah Department of Health's (UDOH) TRUTH campaign awarded star-style¬  treatment to 13 fourth and fifth grade students who earned top honors in the Truth from Youth Anti-tobacco Advertising Contest. Winners were announced recently during an awards ceremony, bird show and movie at Liberty Park Saturday. Contest entrants created an anti-tobacco radio, TV or billboard/poster advertisement depicting the truth about tobacco use.

To tie in with the contest's theme of tuxedoed penguins walking the red carpet, The TRUTH campaign invited the more than 4,700 students who entered the contest to watch the movie "Happy Feet" at parks in their communities. Movies were shown in Salt Lake City, Brigham City, Ogden, Provo, and Ephraim. All of the winning students received prizes and an Oscar-style trophy.

"The contest continues to be effective even after 10 years, because it allows youth to tell the truth about tobacco and teach each other in their own words." says Amy Sands, program manager for The TRUTH. "We couldn't be more pleased that 4,700 fourth and fifth graders entered this year, setting a record for participation from across the state."