Join us for an evening of celebration and community as we honor the accomplishments of outstanding young leaders and public health champions from the U.S. and around the world.
May 9, 2024 | 6 PM | Washington, D.C.
National Portrait Gallery & Smithsonian American Art Museum
OUR 2024 Awards
Champion Award
The Champion Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to reducing the death and disease from tobacco and to improving health and saving lives in the United States and around the world.
2024 Honoree: Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP
Barrie Fiske National Youth Advocate of the Year
The Barrie Fiske National Youth Advocate of the Year Award pays tribute to the extraordinary life and work of the late Barrie Fiske, a tireless tobacco control champion committed to using her strong voice to fight for change. The award is given to one exceptional young advocate in the U.S. who has demonstrated a significant commitment to tobacco prevention in their state and community.
2024 Honoree: To Be Announced
Group Youth Advocates of the Year
The Group Youth Advocates of the Year Award recognizes a leading U.S.-based youth coalition working to protect their peers and community from tobacco. This group demonstrates the collective power of youth working together to drive meaningful change.
2024 Honoree: #iCANendthetrend
Global Young Ambassador of the Year
New this year, we will recognize a Global Young Ambassador of the Year — a young adult from our Global Young Ambassador Network who has demonstrated excellence in tobacco prevention in areas such as policy change, peer mobilization, and media advocacy.
2024 Honoree: Given Kapolyo
Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence
The Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence recognizes an advocate from a low- or middle-income country who has worked to significantly reduce tobacco use through policy advocacy. It is given in honor of the late Judy Wilkenfeld, an inspiring advocate whose expertise and devotion forever changed the world of tobacco control.
2024 Honoree: To Be Announced
Global Health Advocacy Changemaker Award
This year the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) celebrates 10 years of supporting civil society organizations advocating for public health policies that reduce death and disease around the world. As we mark this milestone, we will present a new Global Health Advocacy Changemaker Award to an emerging public health leader from a low- or middle-income country who is advancing public health policies that save lives, reduce disease and prevent injuries.
2024 Honoree: To Be Announced
Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, has demonstrated unyielding leadership in working to eliminate menthol cigarettes and end the tobacco industry’s predatory marketing to kids, Black Americans and other communities. President Johnson and the NAACP have worked tirelessly to support the FDA’s proposed rules to prohibit menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, providing a powerful voice of support for the rules to the Biden Administration, Congress, the media and the public. We honor President Johnson for his leadership, commitment and courage in this fight.
The #iCANendthetrend Youth Advisory Board is a passionate group of Kentucky high school students who share a vision for ending youth tobacco use. Earlier this year, group members organized and led an advocacy summit at the Kentucky State Capitol, where over 100 youth came together to push for stronger enforcement of Kentucky’s law prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21. While this award honors the collective efforts of #iCANendthetrend, we're delighted to highlight the efforts of leaders Jasmin Hernandez, Ksenia Miller and Saumya Sikhwal who are working tirelessly to create the first tobacco-free generation.
Given Kapolyo is a passionate young advocate at the forefront of the battle against tobacco use in Africa. Widely known as “the tobacco control warrior," she has recruited, trained and mentored youth throughout her home country of Zambia. Given has played a leading role in advancing Zambia’s comprehensive tobacco control bill, which includes 100% smoke-free public places, pictorial health warnings, regulation of emerging tobacco products and a ban on tobacco advertising. Given's dedication to creating a healthier future for all makes her an inspiration to young advocates across Zambia and all of Africa.
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ABOUT US
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is the leading advocacy organization working to reduce tobacco use and its deadly consequences in the United States and around the world. Through strategic communications and policy advocacy campaigns, we promote the adoption of proven solutions that are most effective at reducing tobacco use and save the most lives. Through our youth initiatives, we foster young leaders who are striving to make the next generation tobacco-free. Our vision is a future free from the death and disease caused by tobacco.
Global Health Advocacy Incubator
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), an initiative of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, supports civil society organizations advocating for public health policies that reduce death and disease. GHAI brings a proven advocacy approach and a global network of local partners, built on a 25-year track record of success across multiple issues in more than 60 countries. GHAI provides strategic support to advocates working to enact and implement laws that save lives on a variety of public health issues and in diverse political systems and is a leading policy advocacy voice on a range of issues.