Tobacco

Smoking: Don't Let It Steer You Wrong: Facts for Teens - What's in cigarettes, addiction, spit tobacco, reasons to quit, how to make quitting easier, and nicotine gum and patches.
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/addictions/tobacco/274.html

The Surgeon General's Report for Kids About Smoking - 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.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr4kids/sgrmenu.htm

Teens Take on Big Tobacco - 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.
http://www.takingontobacco.org/event/ltk0304/

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.
http://stepupnc.com/

How Smoking Affects The Way You Look - ASH-UK factsheet covers how smoking affects the skin, body shape, and weight.
http://www.oldash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact10.html

Passive Smoking (Living With A Smoker) - Information about what it is, what is in the smoke, what can happen, and what to do about it.
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=285&id=1606

Quit Because - 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.
http://www.quitbecause.org.uk/

Smoking - Discusses why people start smoking, why they continue smoking, and good and bad news.
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=285&id=1607

American Dental Speciality Institute - Tobacco and Dental Health - How smoking can make your teeth fall out.
http://www.westallisperio.com/faq/tobacco.php

They're Rich, You're Dead - 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.
http://www.mededu.miami.edu/Tobacco

Educational Support Materials on Cancer - Reports and slide presentations on tobacco industry youth prevention programs, kids and tobacco, and spit tobacco. In Word and PowerPoint format.
http://extension.missouri.edu/hesfn/cancer/

Effects of Anti- and Pro-smoking Advertising in Convenience Stores - Research finds that point-of-purchase cigarette ads at convenience stores influence teen smoking.
http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/paper_10287.htm

The Anti-Smoke - A 15-year-old urges people not to smoke and discusses the dangers of smoking.
http://hometown.aol.com/diego7007/myhomepage/rant.html

The Smoking Handbook - A description of tobacco and the effects of smoking, written by kids for kids.
http://www.eastchester.k12.ny.us/schools/ms/smoke/smoke1.html

Don't be a Dip - Information for kids about the effects of using spit ("smokeless") tobacco.
http://dontdip.tamu.edu

Phoenix Alliance - Tobacco information, ad contest, message board, events, and news; requires Flash.
http://health.utah.gov/upa/

Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters - Spoofs of ads, including some highly entertaining looks at cigarette advertising.
http://www.adbusters.org/spoofads/tobacco/

Tobacco Tips 4 Kids - Printable tip sheets on everything from the dangers of tobacco to kicking the habit. From the Center for Disease Control.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tips4youth.htm

Smokeless Tobacco - What it is, where it comes from, who chews, what it does to you, and quitting.
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/tobacco/smokeless.html

Memos Highlight Importance Of 'Younger Adult Smokers' - Washington Post article summarizes what the tobacco industry says in its internal memos about getting kids to smoke.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tobacco/stories/memos.htm

In the Mix - Smoking: The Truth Unfiltered - PBS show shows smoking damage to your health right now and in the near future, not just 40 years down the line.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/shows/show_smoking.html

Tobacco Explained: Marketing to Youth - Heavily documented from the tobacco industry's own internal memos, reports on how the industry promotes cigarettes and smoking to youth.
http://www.oldash.org.uk/html/conduct/html/tobexpld3.html

Teenage Girls as the Target of the Tobacco Industry - Factsheet from the American Lung Association. How the industry targets girls in its advertising and promotion; what results it has gotten.
http://www.ritobaccocontrolnet.com/teengirl.htm

Blowing Smoke - Offers information by kids for kids to expose the exaggerated usage of tobacco in current movies.
http://www.blowingsmoke.arizona.edu/

KIISS - Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke - Dedicated to eliminating kids' involuntary inhalation of secondhand smoke; features a "Share A Story" section.
http://www.kiiss.org/

Fair Enough - Videos spoof sitcoms and the tobacco industry.
http://www.fairenough.com/

TASK - Kansas youth speaking out about big tobacco companies; news and information on how tobacco companies target teens, and how teens can fight back.
http://www.kstask.org/

thetruth.com - Information on cigarettes, smoking, other tobacco products. HTML and Flash sections.
http://www.thetruth.com/

stupid.ca - Forum for youth to share their thoughts and find out more about the tobacco industry and smoking.
http://www.stupid.ca/

Tobaccofree.org - Anti-smoking group offers a tobacco prevention message for grades 6-12, educational videos, quit smoking tips, anti-tobacco motivational speakers, and related resources.
http://www.tobaccofree.org/index.htm

The Badvertising Institute - Spoofs cigarette ads.
http://badvertising.org/

Mind Over Matter - How Nicotine Affects the Brain - How nicotine acts on the brain, and why it's so addictive.
http://teens.drugabuse.gov/mom/mom_nic1.asp

You and Me Smokefree - Health Canada site offering information about what's in cigarettes, facts and figures, and how to quit.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/tobac-tabac/youth-jeunes/index_e.html

19 year old Sean Marsee's Tobacco Message - High school athlete Sean Marsee's experience with smokeless tobacco and snuff.
http://whyquit.com/whyquit/SeanMarsee.html

Smoke-FX - 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.
http://www.smoke-fx.com/

Maryland Teens Rejecting Abusive Smoking Habits (T.R.A.S.H.) - Statewide initiative comprised of youth coalitions that have taken a stand against tobacco use. Offers a list of events and opportunities to become involved.
http://www.marylandtrash.com

Teenz247 - 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.
http://www.teenz247.com

Youth smoking prevention program - Get paid $5,000 to not smoke and graduate (Canada).
http://www.rewardsfoundation.com

Kids Against Tobacco Smoke - 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.
http://www.roycastle.org/kats/

Young Smokers Risk Greater Genetic Damage - Brief article discusses the increased risk to teens who smoke. Includes changes to genetic material, damage to all smokers and cancer causing chemicals.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/health/background_briefings/smoking/313203.stm

Teens Can Get Hooked on Cigarettes After 2 Weeks of Puffing - CNN report discusses how quickly youth can become addicted, symptoms, and why it's tougher to quit.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/09/11/kids.tobacco.addiction/

Special Report: Big Tobacco: Still Addicting Kids - Research reports on tobacco industry and marketing to kids bofore and after the Master Settlement Agreement with the states in November 1998.
http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/addicting/

The Irreversible Health Effects of Cigarettes - Pamphlet available to download, from American Council on Science and Health. Quitting greatly reduces risks, but some effects of smoking are permanent.
http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.377/pub_detail.asp

Sick of Smoke - The facts, straight up, on smoking. No guilt-trips. No nagging. TV ads online.
http://www.sickofsmoke.com

The World's Fastest Clown: Kids Corner - Learn about the dangers of tobacco. Includes games, puzzles, coloring pages, and posters. [Requires Shockwave]
http://www.worldsfastestclown.com/kidscner.html

Smoking Stinks! - Learn what smoking does to the body, why it's bad, and what to do if a friend smokes.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/smoking.html