Tobacco Substance Abuse Health

Tobacco Substance Abuse Health

Tobacco

Lists sites about tobacco abuse.

Top: Kids and Teens: Health: Substance Abuse: Tobacco

- A 15-year-old urges people not to smoke and discusses the dangers of smoking.
- Started in response to a tobacco executive's statement that the people who die each year from tobacco are just "computer-generated numbers", this site shows some of the people who are dead or dying of diseases caused by tobacco.
- For kids, by kids to educate about tobacco and its effects.
- Heavily documented from the tobacco industry's own internal memos, reports on how the industry promotes cigarettes and smoking to youth.
- Printable tip sheets on everything from the dangers of tobacco to kicking the habit. From the Center for Disease Control.
- PBS show shows smoking damage to your health right now and in the near future, not just 40 years down the line.
- 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.
- Factsheet from the American Lung Association. How the industry targets girls in its advertising and promotion; what results it has gotten.
- Tobacco information, ad contest, message board, events, and news; requires Flash.
- How nicotine acts on the brain, and why it's so addictive.
- How smoking can make your teeth fall out.
- Statewide initiative comprised of youth coalitions that have taken a stand against tobacco use. Offers a list of events and opportunities to become involved.
- Dedicated to eliminating kids' involuntary inhalation of secondhand smoke; features a "Share A Story" section.
- Kansas youth speaking out about big tobacco companies; news and information on how tobacco companies target teens, and how teens can fight back.
- 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.
- Washington Post article summarizes what the tobacco industry says in its internal memos about getting kids to smoke.
- Information on cigarettes, smoking, other tobacco products. HTML and Flash sections.
- A description of tobacco and the effects of smoking, written by kids for kids.
- ASH-UK factsheet covers how smoking affects the skin, body shape, and weight.
- Health Canada site offering information about what's in cigarettes, facts and figures, and how to quit.
- Spoofs cigarette ads.
- Pamphlet available to download, from American Council on Science and Health. Quitting greatly reduces risks, but some effects of smoking are permanent.
- High school athlete Sean Marsee's experience with smokeless tobacco and snuff.
- A site for kids with information on health, tobacco prevention, and nutrition. From The American Lung Association of South Dakota.
- Smoke-FX is a portal that helps youth make choices, take charge, and act locally on tobacco control issues. It features information, online activities and links to resources created by Ontario communities.
- 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.
- A personal account of a writer for an alternative newspaper, who found that he couldn't write articles critical of the tobacco industry as long as the paper was taking tobacco ads.
- Article explains why smoking and chewing are harmful.
- Spoofs of ads, including some highly entertaining looks at cigarette advertising.
- 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.
- Youth-led movement to expose the truth about tobacco so people can make informed decisions about use.
- Information for kids about the effects of using spit ("smokeless") 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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