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Organizations 18
Prevention 49
Promotion 66
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Effects on Children - Secondhand Smoke, By Source of Exposure, Effects, Tobacco, Specific Substances, Health 40
Teen Health - Health 61
Health - Youth, Generations and Age Groups, People, Society
 Addicting Kids to NicotineAddicting Kids to Nicotine
 Summary of the science on how people get addicted, what nicotine does in the brain.
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Age at Smoking Initiation and Lung DamageAge at Smoking Initiation and Lung Damage
 Scientific paper examines the evidence that lung damage is greater and more lasting the younger a person started smoking.
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Anti-smoking group Tobaccofree.org, founded by advcate Patrick Reynolds (RJ Reynolds' anti-tobacco grandson)Anti-smoking group Tobaccofree.org, founded by advcate Patrick Reynolds (RJ Reynolds' anti-tobacco grandson)
 Anti-smoking group offers youth a tobacco prevention message for grades 6-12, educational videos, quit smoking tips, anti-tobacco motivational speakers, and related resources. Founded by Patrick Reynolds.
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Blowing SmokeBlowing Smoke
 Blowing Smoke is an anti-tobacco curriculum designed by kids for kids to expose the exaggerated usage of tobacco in current movies.
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Educational Support Materials on CancerEducational 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.
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Effects of Anti- and Pro-smoking Advertising in Convenience StoresEffects of Anti- and Pro-smoking Advertising in Convenience Stores
 Research finds that point-of-purchase cigarette ads at convenience stores influence teen smoking.
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FDA Children & Tobacco ComplianceCheckerFDA Children & Tobacco ComplianceChecker
 Searchable database shows which retailers did and didn't sell tobacco to kids.
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Health Canada - Tobacco and SchoolsHealth Canada - Tobacco and Schools
 Information resource list.
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Health News: Teen SmokersHealth News: Teen Smokers
 Consumer Health Interactive article examines the causes of teen smoking, such as tobacco advertising from Lorillard.
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Hooked on Tobacco: The Teen EpidemicHooked on Tobacco: The Teen Epidemic
 From Consumer Reports.
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In the Mix - Smoking: The Truth UnfilteredIn 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.
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MedlinePlus: Smoking and YouthMedlinePlus: Smoking and Youth
 Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Monitoring the Future: Kids' favorite cigarettesMonitoring the Future: Kids' favorite cigarettes
 Just three cigarette brands account for nearly all teen smoking: Marlboro (Philip Morris), Newport (Lorillard), and Camel (RJ Reynolds). These are among the most heavily advertised and promoted cigarette brands, in particular Marlboro, and Marlboro alone accounts for nearly two thirds of teen smoking.
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Parenting of AdolescentsParenting of Adolescents
 What parents can do to prevent teenage smoking plus fact sheets, statistics and health effects.
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Progression to Established Smoking Among US YouthsProgression to Established Smoking Among US Youths
 Study presents national estimates of the proportion of yotuhs in each of 7 stages of smoking, and evaluates the effects of pro-smoking and anti-smoking influences.
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Smokefree Kids Fact SheetSmokefree Kids Fact Sheet
 Facts on tobacco use among children, nicotine and nicotine addiction in children, tobacco-caused disease, questions to ask candidates for public office, children and tobacco advertising.
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Smoking and Tobacco Use Among Young PeopleSmoking and Tobacco Use Among Young People
 5 papers (abstracts only) from RWJ Foundation sponsored study on youth tobacco practices and attitudes.
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Smoking: Cutting Through the HypeSmoking: Cutting Through the Hype
 Article for teens on smoking and its promotion by the tobacco industry.
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StepUpNC.comStepUpNC.com
 A place for teens to come to learn more about tobacco and tobacco use prevention and control. Teens can come here to learn more about the perils of smoking, to find out how to quit, to become an activist, or just to see what other teens around North Carolina are doing about tobacco prevention and control.
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Teens Against Smoking in KansasTeens Against Smoking in Kansas
 Kansas youth speaking out about big tobacco companies. Join with other teens in Kansas and help create one strong voice working to expose Big Tobacco's lies.
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Tobacco and Kids: The FactsTobacco and Kids: The Facts
 Broad summary of issues from the Center for Tobacco-Free Kids.
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The Tobacco Reference Guide: Teen SmokingThe Tobacco Reference Guide: Teen Smoking
 36 pages of facts and quotes on the subject.
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tobaccofreekids.org Special Report: Big Tobacco: Still Addicting Kidstobaccofreekids.org 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.
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Young People and SmokingYoung People and Smoking
 Factsheet from ASH-UK covers prevalence, influences, effects, addiction, and prevention. [PDF]
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The Young Person's Cyber-Library of Information on Tobacco and Tobacco-Caused DiseaseThe 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.
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Youth and Tobacco FactsYouth and Tobacco Facts
 Factsheet on youth and tobacco from Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights.
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Youth Tobacco Issues: A Roundtable DiscussionYouth Tobacco Issues: A Roundtable Discussion
 Session from health conference on smoking influences, smokefree programs and policies, and engaging youth in tobacco control activities.
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Sweet as Candy, Deadly as CigarettesSweet as Candy, Deadly as Cigarettes
 Time magazine article on bidis. (December 16, 2002)
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ADVANCE for Nurses: Turning the TideADVANCE for Nurses: Turning the Tide
 Trends in teen smoking, campaigns that work, and the industry's counter-attack, from a magazine for nurses. (February, 2002)
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Teens Can Get Hooked on Cigarettes After 2 Weeks of PuffingTeens Can Get Hooked on Cigarettes After 2 Weeks of Puffing
 CNN report on a study that found that young people who experiment with cigarettes can become chemically dependent on tobacco faster than people think. (September 11, 2000)
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Young Smokers Risk Greater Genetic DamageYoung Smokers Risk Greater Genetic Damage
 Tobacco products cause more lung cancer to smokers who start young, recent research finds; scientists think it may relate to the impact of smoking at an age when the lungs are still developing. (April 7, 1999)
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Slugfest in the Smoke RingSlugfest in the Smoke Ring
 Washington Post article describes the approaches of the four major tobacco companies -- Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds, Brown and Williamson, and Lorillard -- to get younger smokers, and explains why this is so important to the industry. (March 1, 1998)
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