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» 19 year old Sean Marsee's Tobacco Message - High school athlete Sean Marsee's experience with smokeless tobacco and snuff.
» 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.
» Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters - Spoofs of ads, including some highly entertaining looks at cigarette advertising.
» Don't be a Dip - Information for kids about the effects of using spit ("smokeless") tobacco.
» 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.
» How Smoking Affects The Way You Look - ASH-UK factsheet covers how smoking affects the skin, body shape, and weight.
» 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.
» KIISS - Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke - Dedicated to eliminating kids' involuntary inhalation of secondhand smoke; features a "Share A Story" section.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» Mind Over Matter - How Nicotine Affects the Brain - How nicotine acts on the brain, and why it's so addictive.
» Peers Against Tobacco - For kids, by kids to educate about tobacco and its effects.
» Phoenix Alliance - Tobacco information, ad contest, message board, events, and news; requires Flash.
» Reality Check: The Truth About Tobacco - Youth-led movement to expose the truth about tobacco so people can make informed decisions about use.
» Recess - A site for kids with information on health, tobacco prevention, and nutrition. From The American Lung Association of South Dakota.
» Secondhand Smoke and Your Family - American Lung Association factsheet on what secondhand smoke does to young people.
» 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.
» Smoking Stinks - Article explains why smoking and chewing are harmful.
» TASK - Kansas youth speaking out about big tobacco companies; news and information on how tobacco companies target teens, and how teens can fight back.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» The Anti-Smoke - A 15-year-old urges people not to smoke and discusses the dangers of smoking.
» The Badvertising Institute - Spoofs cigarette ads.
» 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.
» The Smoking Handbook - A description of tobacco and the effects of smoking, written by kids for kids.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» Tobacco Tips 4 Kids - Printable tip sheets on everything from the dangers of tobacco to kicking the habit. From the Center for Disease Control.
» You and Me Smokefree - Health Canada site offering information about what's in cigarettes, facts and figures, and how to quit.
» thetruth.com - Information on cigarettes, smoking, other tobacco products. HTML and Flash sections.