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Addicting Kids to Nicotine Summary of the science on how people get addicted, what nicotine does in the brain. Tobacco Industry Promotion of Cigarettes and Adolescent Smoking Longitudinal research finds that kids who reconized tobacco advertising or owned a tobacco promotional item (T-shirt, cap) were more likely to try smoking, when followed up 3 years later. 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. The Young Person's Cyber-Library of Information on Tobacco and Tobacco-Caused Disease Thoracic surgeon Fred Grannis MD provides young people and their families with information on cigarette smoking, cessation, lung cancer risk, diagnosis and treatment. Smoking and Tobacco Use Among Young People 5 papers (abstracts only) from RWJ Foundation sponsored study on youth tobacco practices and attitudes. Youth and Tobacco Facts Factsheet on youth and tobacco from Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights. In the Mix - Smoking: The Truth Unfiltered PBS show on smoking. Emphasis is on effects of smoking in the here and now, not just 40 years down the line. Young People and Smoking Factsheet from ASH-UK covers prevalence, influences, effects, addiction, and prevention. Parenting of Adolescents What parents can do to prevent teenage smoking plus fact sheets, statistics and health effects. Tobacco Explained: Marketing to Youth Heavily documented from the tobacco industry's own internal documents, reports on how the tobacco industry promotes cigarettes and smoking to youth. More Teen Smoking Sites |
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