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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.essentialaction.org/tobacco/event/ltk0304/
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Phoenix Alliance
Tobacco information, ad contest, message board, events, and news; requires Flash.
http://health.utah.gov/upa/flashSite/main.html
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Kids Against Tobacco Smoke
UK site features facts about cancer, nicotine and the effect of smoke, firsthand and seocondhand, a
chance to join the Kids Against Tobacco Smoking campaign, and a message board for kids.
http://www.roycastle.org/kats/
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Peers Against Tobacco
For kids, by kids to educate about tobacco and its effects.
http://www.peersagainsttobacco.com
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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/
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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.ash.org.uk/html/conduct/html/tobexpld3.html
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TM Voice
Target Market is a movement of Minnesota teens standing up against the tobacco industry. The
teen-led organization uses an advertising campaign, grassroots and public relations tactics to
spread their message of how the tobacco industry manipulates teens.
http://www.tmvoice.com/
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Smoke-FX
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.
http://www.smoke-fx.com/smokefx/index.html
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thetruth.com
Information on cigarettes, smoking, other tobacco products. HTML and Flash sections.
http://www.thetruth.com/
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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/hecs-sesc/tobacco/youth/
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Secondhand Smoke and Your Family
American Lung Association factsheet on what secondhand smoke does to young people.
http://www.lungusa.org/tobacco/smosecondha.html
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The Badvertising Institute
Spoofs cigarette ads.
http://badvertising.org/gallery.html
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Mind Over Matter - How Nicotine Affects the Brain
How nicotine acts on the brain, and why it's so addictive.
http://165.112.78.61/MOM/NIC/MOMNIC1.html
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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
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Kiss My Ash
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.
http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/class/teamedia/ash.htm
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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/
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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
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How Smoking Affects The Way You Look
ASH-UK factsheet covers how smoking affects the skin, body shape, and weight.
http://www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact10.html
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4-A-Voice
Designed to give everyone a voice, lets you share your story and see others' stories about what
tobacco products did to them and their loved ones.
http://www.4avoice.com/
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Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters
Spoofs of ads, including some highly entertaining looks at cigarette advertising.
http://www.adbusters.org/spoofads/tobacco/
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Maryland Teens Rejecting Abusive Smoking Habits (T.R.A.S.H.)
Statewide initiative comprised of youth coaltions that have taken a stand against tobacco use.
Offers a list of events and opportunities to become involved.
http://www.marylandtrash.com
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Face the Faces
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.
http://www.infact.org/about.html
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Industry Secrets
Documents from lawsuits reveal tobacco industry knowledge of health effects, marketing tactics,
strategy to confuse the science, manipulating tobacco's addictive properties, fighting against
clean indoor air standards, and political involvement in opposing prevention efforts.
http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/tobacco/secrets.htm
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The Irreversible Health Effects of Cigarettes
Pamphlet from ACSH. Quitting greatly reduces risks, but some effects of smoking are permanent,
including effects on the lungs, heart, eyes, throat, urinary tract, digestive organs, bones and
joints, and the skin.
http://www.acsh.org/publications/booklets/iesmoke.html
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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
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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
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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
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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.health.org/features/kidsarea/pubs/sgr4kids/sgrmenu.htm
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Recess
A site for kids with information on health, tobacco prevention, and nutrition. From The American
Lung Association of South Dakota.
http://www.recess.org
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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
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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
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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
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Smoking Stinks
Article explains why smoking and chewing are harmful.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/smoking.html
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The Smoking Handbook
A description of tobacco and the effects of smoking, written by kids for kids.
http://www.westnet.com/~rickd/smoke/smoke1.html
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Reality Check: The Truth About Tobacco
Youth-led movement to expose the truth about tobacco so people can make informed decisions about
use.
http://www.rctruth.org/
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Don't be a Dip
Information for kids about the effects of using spit ("smokeless") tobacco.
http://dontdip.tamu.edu
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