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The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is fighting to free America's youth from tobacco and create a healthier environment. The Campaign is the nation's largest non-governmental initiative ever launched to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure to second hand smoke. Be a part of the annual Kick Butts Day, recognize area youth active in tobacco prevention, understand the current use of tobacco settlement dollars in your state, write your member of Congress, use fact sheets for research, and more. You may also call them at 1 (800) 284-KIDS.
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Researching a paper
or want information? www.Tobacco.org This is the best way to quickly and easily get the information you want. At this site you can easily research any tobacco question or issue, because their news database contains summaries of every article concerning tobacco printed in four national US papers: USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and the New York Times. On Tobacco.org's home page, on the left pane, scroll down to Archives. Under Archives, click on Search News. There you can search by keyword, date range or category, even going back several years. It's a simple, fast and very powerful research tool. Originated by Washington DC's venerable Advocacy Institute, the tobacco news is presently produced by Washington DC's American Legacy Foundation, which is the national foundation created with just under 1% of the funds from the settlement of the States' lawsuits against the tobacco industry. Want today's tobacco
news? You can personalize your news bulletins to show only the tobacco subjects you want. For example, you can just view today's major headlines. Or, you can also add in tobacco news from your state. This will insure you are not overwhelmed with news from all 50 states! If you like, you can also view the daily news on specific topics -- such as cessation, secondhand smoke, the lawsuits, and more. To view today's tobacco news, visit the My News link at www.tobacco.org. Want International news? If you are more interested in international tobacco news, please see INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL, below. There is a news bulletin service there for international tobacco news, which can also be e-mailed to you automatically.
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Another great research resource is the University of California San Francisco's Galen II Knowledge Management Library. The following link takes you to a list of scholarly (but easy to comprehend) research on numerous tobacco issues, including the effect of the tobacco industry's campaign contributions on politicians in several States. This is a most impressive and invaluable research resource. www.library.ucsf.edu/kr/bin/showByTopic.pl?Tobacco/Nicotine/Smoking-Publications |
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Joe Chemo gets laughs!
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For a great overview of this issue, go to www.tobaccofree.org/children.html and scroll all the way down to the red title near the end of the page, SMOKING IN TV AND FILMS. There you'll find an excellent description of the problem, and actions you can take to make a difference. Phillip Morris placed its products in -- astoundingly -- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and The Muppet Movie! An incisive report on the recent increase in
smoking in films may be found at our URL, www.tobaccofree.org/films.html.
The report was issued in March, 1998, by Stan Glantz and his team
at the University of California, San Francisco.
If you just want to find out how much smoking there is in a particular film, whether current releases or past, go to www.screenit.com. They also rate films for violence, language, and much more. The well-known movie critic Roger Ebert named ScreenIt as one of the Top Five Most Useful Movie Sites on the Internet. You can actually go to a review of any film at the site and check out the smoking rating for that movie. |
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For translation from English to your language, click here or here. GLOBALink is the International Tobacco-Control Network. Operated by the International Union Against Cancer, Globalink relays information and discussions on international tobacco-control developments, including news articles, analysis, updates on U.S. developments, and reports from tobacco control advocates around the world. More information is available from http://www.globalink.org/globdemo/. A selection of GLOBALink News Bulletins and resources is available on http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/ Access is free of charge, but password protected. To join GLOBALink, visit: http://join.globalink.org/ or email hq@globalink.org. Another great resource is Robert Weissman's mailing
list. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to listproc@essential.org with the
following all in one line: subscribe intl-tobacco <your name>
Put this line in both the subject and in the text of your e-mail
message. You may also e-mail, write or telephone the following to
receive it: ASH, 6 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H 9PL UK Tel: 0171-224
0743 Fax: 0171-224 0471 www.prevention.ch is overseen by Jean Charles Rielle, a leading Swiss tobaccofree activist. Mostly in French, the site offers links to top international tobacco control resources. |
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Chewing Tobacco
The best website on chewing tobacco is www.patchproject.org -- check it out. It includes terrific quitting tips and a ton of truly horrendous photos of disease caused by dip. Here at Tobaccofree.org, we include an great section on chewing tobacco, on our Message to Youth page. We discuss how countertop displays have deceived teens into believing chewing tobacco is a popular product, and reveal that the tobacco industry pays convenience stores and markets up to $40 per month to place those displays on countertops -- whether or not the products are really selling. At this page, we also tell the moving story of Sean Marsee, a high school athlete who had won 28 medals in track competitions. He chewed tobacco and, with his athletic prowess and excellent health, never thought he could get cancer. But he did, and he then endured three operations, which first removed his tongue, and finally half of his jaw and neck muscles. Sean died at age 19, sad and disfigured, and in unspeakable pain. These photos are his legacy and his gift to those who are experimenting with, or already addicted to, these deadly products. For Sean's story, see our Message to Youth page.
Photos courtesy of The American Cancer Society
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Quitting Resources The Mayo Clinic
has a great Quit Smoking page. It's on the web at http://www.mayo.edu/ndc/index.html.
This page offers an array of truly excellent tips for quitting, backed
by plenty of scientific research. There's info about the patch, the
anti-depressant Zyban, and more. Check it out! If your budget can
handle it, they even offer a superb 8 day in-patient quit program
(Friday to Friday). Measured against the medical bills, lost time
and heartache brought on by smoking-caused disease, the price may
not seem high at all. Either way, this site offers great tips and
information on how to quit. We think it's vital to read our brief insight about this. Why? Because this is the time when most smokers light up again and get re-addicted. This short bit of education will help empower quitters to avoid this extremely common pitfall along the path to becoming a nonsmoker. Forewarned is forearmed! At our Quitting Tips page, you'll also learn the classic, boilerplate concepts found in the best quit smoking programs, and you'll read about and see links to several of the best, proven smoking cessation programs. You may think you don't need a program, but a recent CDC study shows that without using a program, quitters have a 95% chance of failure! The study notes that users of the nicotine patch have a 16% success rate, and users of the anti-depressant Zyban have a 30% success rate. In a separate study, one doctor used both simultaneously, and claimed a better than 35% success rate. These studies still need to be confirmed by independent, duplicate studies. Even with Zyban, users still have a 70% failure rate -- so this is not simply a matter of taking a magic pill or wearing a patch. There are several important additional techniques for quitters to know about, plus their own willpower. Here's a thought about using a program: the fact is, people who succeed in life tend to get help. For example, a successful businessperson gets lots of help -- a lawyer to write the contracts, an ad agency to handle the advertising, an accountant to do the accounting, and so on. So people who succeed in reaching their goals get help, and plenty of it. Yes, real men do ask directions! And good students ask questions. So check out our free Quitting Tips and learn a little more about the basics of quitting. We also point you to several good programs out there. We promise you that this page will be an invaluable tool, empowering you, and helping you learn just a bit more about quitting successfully.
A great -- and fun -- new website and phone line to
help you out, if you're ready to quit smoking or even just thinking
about it. There's lots of free stuff, and there are animations at
the site -- but they can only send you the free stuff and accept 800-number
calls if you live in California, because of limitations on their grant
funding. But even if you're not from California, this website -- www.nobutts.ucsd.edu
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Also check out these
cool youth Quit Smoking sites 
get outraged
If you are angry about tobacco use, here is great way to make your feelings heard. This site has way cool graphics and design, and at the What Can I Do link, you can make a difference in a few seconds.
Follow the stories of four young people as they try to kick their habit in "Quit 4 Life," a unique interactive site that offers important advice for those trying to quit smoking. This is a very cool site, in the extreme.
The opening animated page says it all -- YOU
are a target. But your mind is a weapon. "Question It" provides
tips to help smokers win their personal battle against tobacco.
http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/024nicotine/index.html The Nicotine Junkies investigate the effects of nicotine on the body while offering tips on how to win the war against tobacco. Brace yourself, and then check out this incredibly moving photo of a 34 year old man dying from smoking-caused lung cancer, posted at this excellent site. In this powerful photo, published in the St Petersberg (Florida) Times, Brian Lee Curtis is gravely ill. His wife cries during her bedside vigil, as she holds their young son in her arms. WhyQuit.com is a great site, full of reasons to avoid starting to smoke.
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What can I do if someone I love smokes? The best way to ask loved ones to quit will be found on this site's Message to Youth page, a little more than half way down the page, under the title in red, What Can I Do If My Parents Smoke? We strongly suggest that you not nag loved ones every day, or even every month, to stop. Ask them gently and briefly, no more than three or four times a year. However, you may speak up as often as you like about second hand smoke. Nagging a loved one about their addiction will probably make them angry, and further entrench them in their habit, as a way of expressing their anger (if a foolish way!) Remember, when you're angry, speak up about it, instead of hurting yourself out of your anger. Second hand smoke poisons you, and that is your business. In conclusion, there's an important difference between nagging someone about their smoking habit, and speaking up about air that harms you. Ask smokers in your home to take it outdoors, no matter what! What parents can
do to help In our Message to Youth,
a little more than halfway down the page, there's also a boxed message
titled What Parents Can Do. It suggests
what parents can do to get their children to remain smokefree. How do I ask a parent or friend not to smoke? You'll find a very specific answer to this on our Message to Youth page. It's very near the top of the page; look for a title in red that says, If Cigarette Ads Told the Truth About Smoking. Right under the Utter FOOL poster is the answer. This info is useful for more than saying no to tobacco.
You can use this formula for just about anything you wish to say
no to. Check it out! |
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Participate in one of our brief polls about smoking. When you're done, check out the results, and see how your experience and opinions compare to others who live in the city you're in, and to the rest of the world.
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THE FOUNDATION FOR A SMOKEFREE AMERICA is growing fast. It was founded in 1989 by Patrick Reynolds, the tobacco-free advocate and motivational speaker, and its mission is to educate people of all ages about smoking and tobacco. Its goals are to establish in-house programs to fight tobacco use at the local, regional and national levels; to educate children through smoking prevention activities; and to enact peer teaching programs designed to empower youth to defend themselves against the onslaught of cigarette advertising and peer pressure. At present, the organization is seeking grants to implement its programs. Founder Patrick Reynolds' motivational talk titled Message to Youth has had impact on many thousands of middle school students and teens. |
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The group's webpage address is http://www.boutell.com/infact/. |
ASH is devoted to protecting the health of nonsmokers as well as their rights, and to taking legal action against smoking in the workplace and much, much more. They can be found on the net at http://ash.org/ |
NO BUTTS, NO LITTER, PLEASE! Nobutz.com is a resource for anyone who's tired of seeing cigarette butts littering up the sidewalk and landscape. In addition, there you can buy hats and T-shirts with various no butz messages. |
 At this new site you can create a free web page giving voice to your feelings. Then register your page with the major search engines and news groups, so lots of people will get your message. |
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The Tale of Samantha Skunk www.unh.edu/skat This excellent do-it-yourself program captivates kids. "The tale of Samantha Skunk: Why Smoking Stinks" is a program that brings peer student leaders to classrooms as lovable magenta skunks. They connect with the children by reading to them from a jumbo-sized book, dressed as Samantha Skunk. This unique program is one of the first to bring preschool and primary school children an anti-smoking message they can easily remember. Samantha's creator Bill Scott will provide the purple skunk costume, and an oversized book and tape to train the young presenters. The costume and materials can be rented for two weeks for $200, or purchased outright for $1000. |
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More Cool Youth Sites This site is ultra cool -- it was based on input from teens, and is one of the hippest sites on the entire web. Check it out.
Another very cool site, related to wholetruth.com. This page offers links to other great sites for youth.
This is our sister site. It's a new website specifically for youth, sponsored by The Foundation for a Smokefree America.
Tips
for Teens and
Children Opposed to Smoking Tobacco
An in-depth site from the American Lung Association, featuring "Smoke Free Class of 2000," where students can get information they need to take a stand on the tobacco issue.
Here's a great online source for tobacco intervention and cessation programs for teens. Their tobacco intervention and cessation curricula meets CDC guidelines, is research based, and is award winning. |
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CIGARETTES,
CIGARETTES THIS LANDMARK BOOK for the very young communicates, in a colorful and compelling way, the dangers of cigarette smoking and tobacco addiction. It bares the truth about things children will never see in cigarette and tobacco ads, and sheds light on the people who make it all possible--the tobacco companies and the government. (From Foreword by Patrick Reynolds) |
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Get the Gear... State of Health Products
has a great array of award winning, ultra cool anti-tobacco ID Tags,
t-shirts, posters, mouse pads, lanyards, buttons, magnets, gifts and
more. Check it out! |
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Lawsuits
Recently we’ve seen multi-million dollar awards to single smokers,
a $200 billion settlement with 46 States, and a new Federal lawsuit
under consideration. Key question: shouldn't smokers be accountable
for the disease they bring on themselves by smoking? Tobaccofree.Org
believes that the tobacco industry should also be held accountable for
its portion of the responsibility. Even before the damaging documents
provided by the whistleblowers came to light, one court held the smoker
60% responsible and the tobacco company being sued 40% liable. When
solid evidence was introduced that the tobacco industry knew all along
that its products were addictive and caused death, and were targeting
youth in thier ads, the balance of liability shifted toward Big Tobacco.
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In April 1999, all outdoor
tobacco billboards were taken down for
good. By the end of 1999, the use of cartoon
characters, and "gear" like
T-shirts and hats, were also banned.
While the Settlement Agreement did create a national foundation for tobacco education, only $1.45 billion -- less than 1% of the total -- went into it. The income from it is expected to be about $300 million per year, but the tobacco industry has been spending over $4 billion per year on advertising. So it's critical that the States now allocate funds for tobacco prevention. Notably, the Settlement prohibits the foundation from using the kind of ads which recent studies proved to be most effective on teens -- those attacking the tobacco industry. But States which legislate a portion of their settlement funds for tobacco education may still run these ads. It's no surprise that the tobacco industry is using is considerable influence on legislators to stop this kind of tobacco education. Each State's legislature will now decide on its own tobacco prevention allocations. But as of May, 2000, only 8 States have set aside adequate funds for tobacco education, based on a CDC study. Eleven more States have set aside less than an adequate amount, and 31 States have allocated none of their share for tobacco education. A complete description of the tobacco Settlement's points, as well as a current State by State progress report, may be found at http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/reports/settlements/. The national foundation may make it appear to State legislators as though enough funding was allocated. Also, the tobacco industry has been on an unprecedented and continuing binge of political contributions to politicians. Sadly, this will doubtless prevent many States from allocating funds for strong tobacco education programs. Strong campaign finance reform will do much to correct the problem.
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