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StepUpNC.com - http://stepupnc.com/
Learn about tobacco and tobacco use prevention and control. Includes health issues, reasons to quit, help-a-friend, message boards, and pledge and memorial walls. |
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Smokeless Tobacco - http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/tobacco/smokeless.html
What it is, where it comes from, who chews, what it does to you, and quitting. |
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Tobaccofree.org - http://www.tobaccofree.org/index.htm
Anti-smoking group offers a tobacco prevention message for grades 6-12, educational videos, quit smoking tips, anti-tobacco motivational speakers, and related resources. |
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Quit Because - http://www.quitbecause.org.uk/
Contains a thought provoking video, regular competitions, a forum and stop smoking support. Also includes informative and controversial smoking issues, sections on the effects on the body, facts and myths and free postcards and stickers. |
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19 year old Sean Marsee's Tobacco Message - http://whyquit.com/whyquit/SeanMarsee.html
High school athlete Sean Marsee's experience with smokeless tobacco and snuff. |
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Smoking Stinks! - http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/smoking.html
Learn what smoking does to the body, why it's bad, and what to do if a friend smokes. |
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In the Mix - Smoking: The Truth Unfiltered - http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/shows/show_smoking.html
PBS show shows smoking damage to your health right now and in the near future, not just 40 years down the line. |
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Don't be a Dip - http://dontdip.tamu.edu
Information for kids about the effects of using spit ("smokeless") tobacco. |
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KIISS - Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke - http://www.kiiss.org/
Dedicated to eliminating kids' involuntary inhalation of secondhand smoke; features a "Share A Story" section. |
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Kids Against Tobacco Smoke - http://www.roycastle.org/kats/
UK site features facts about cancer, nicotine and the effect of smoke, firsthand and secondhand, a chance to join the Kids Against Tobacco Smoking campaign, and a message board for kids. |
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Teenz247 - http://www.teenz247.com
Smoke-free hangout offers games, message boards, local news for teens, and articles to help teenagers in making smart decisions about drugs, smoking, and alcohol. |
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Smoking: Don't Let It Steer You Wrong: Facts for Teens - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/addictions/tobacco/274.html
What's in cigarettes, addiction, spit tobacco, reasons to quit, how to make quitting easier, and nicotine gum and patches. |
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Special Report: Big Tobacco: Still Addicting Kids - http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/addicting/
Research reports on tobacco industry and marketing to kids bofore and after the Master Settlement Agreement with the states in November 1998. |
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Teens Take on Big Tobacco - http://www.takingontobacco.org/event/ltk0304/
In April 2003, 200 teens went to the "belly of the beast" to confront the CEO of tobacco giant Philip Morris; this is what happened, and how you can be a part of it in 2004. |
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http://www.kstask.org/ - http://www.kstask.org/
Kansas youth speaking out about big tobacco companies; news and information on how tobacco companies target teens, and how teens can fight back. |
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Sick of Smoke - http://www.sickofsmoke.com
The facts, straight up, on smoking. No guilt-trips. No nagging. TV ads online. |
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The Irreversible Health Effects of Cigarettes - http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.377/pub_detail.asp
Pamphlet available to download, from American Council on Science and Health. Quitting greatly reduces risks, but some effects of smoking are permanent. |
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Maryland Teens Rejecting Abusive Smoking Habits (T.R.A.S.H.) - http://www.marylandtrash.com
Statewide initiative comprised of youth coalitions that have taken a stand against tobacco use. Offers a list of events and opportunities to become involved. |
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They're Rich, You're Dead - http://www.mededu.miami.edu/Tobacco
University of Miami School of Medicine's Tobacco Awareness Program for Community Youth. "We want you to see what we see in our hospital patients every day from the use of tobacco". Uses RealPlayer for video. |
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Youth smoking prevention program - http://www.rewardsfoundation.com
Get paid $5,000 to not smoke and graduate (Canada). |
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Effects of Anti- and Pro-smoking Advertising in Convenience Stores - http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/paper_10287.htm
Research finds that point-of-purchase cigarette ads at convenience stores influence teen smoking. |
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Young Smokers Risk Greater Genetic Damage - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/health/background_briefings/smoking/313203.stm
Brief article discusses the increased risk to teens who smoke. Includes changes to genetic material, damage to all smokers and cancer causing chemicals. |
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The World's Fastest Clown: Kids Corner - http://www.worldsfastestclown.com/kidscner.html
Learn about the dangers of tobacco. Includes games, puzzles, coloring pages, and posters. [Requires Shockwave] |
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Memos Highlight Importance Of 'Younger Adult Smokers' - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tobacco/stories/memos.htm
Washington Post article summarizes what the tobacco industry says in its internal memos about getting kids to smoke. |
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The Smoking Handbook - http://www.eastchester.k12.ny.us/schools/ms/smoke/smoke1.html
A description of tobacco and the effects of smoking, written by kids for kids. |
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Passive Smoking (Living With A Smoker) - http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=285&id=1606
Information about what it is, what is in the smoke, what can happen, and what to do about it. |
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You and Me Smokefree - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/tobac-tabac/youth-jeunes/
Health Canada site offering information about what's in cigarettes, facts and figures, and how to quit. |
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http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=285&id=1607 - http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=285&id=1607
Discusses why people start smoking, why they continue smoking, and good and bad news. |
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The Surgeon General's Report for Kids About Smoking - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr4kids/sgrmenu.htm
Provides basic facts about tobacco and smoking. Also includes a look at what kids are doing from coast to coast to promote a smoke-free environment. |
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Blowing Smoke - http://www.blowingsmoke.arizona.edu/
Offers information by kids for kids to expose the exaggerated usage of tobacco in current movies. |