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The contest

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Entry form

Past winners

The "Don't Buy the Lie" tobacco-use prevention education campaign and billboard contest is co-sponsored by the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services. The contest is in its fourteenth year.

2007 grand prize winners
Summer E., an eighth grade student at Andrew Carnegie Middle School in San Juan Unified School District, is our 2007 middle school grand prize winner in the "Don't Buy the Lie" tobacco-use prevention contest. She receives a $1,000 savings bond for having one of the grand prize winning entries.

Kenya B. , a twelfth grade student at Sheldon High School in Elk Grove Unified School District, is our 2007 high school grand prize winner in the "Don't Buy the Lie" tobacco-use prevention contest. Kenya also receives a $1,000 savings bond for having a grand prize winning entry.

Summer and Kenya's winning entries will appear on 30 billboards in the greater Sacramento area. More than 750,000 people a day will see their billboards during May and June of 2007.

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Past winners

The 2006 middle school billboard winner

The 2006 high school billboard winner

The 2005 high school billboard winner

The 2005 middle school billboard winner

The 2004 billboard winner

The 2003 billboard winner

The 2002 billboard winner

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The 2001 billboard winner

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The 2000 billboard winner

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The 1999 billboard winner

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The 1998 billboard winner

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The 1997 billboard winner

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The 1996 billboard winner

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The 1995 billboard winner

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The 1994 billboard winner

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