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- ANR: Youth and Tobacco - Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights information on youth and tobacco; clean indoor air as a youth protection strategy; tobacco industry "prevention" programs; and research on effectiveness of restricting youth access to tobacco.
www.no-smoke.org/youth.html
- Changing the Environment to Help Kids Grow up Tobacco-Free - "Children do not simply 'choose' to smoke. They are greatly influenced by their environment, which is greatly influenced by public policies. Children are much more likely to smoke if they are surrounded by attractive tobacco advertising and promotion; if their favorite sport is sponsored by a tobacco company; if their film idols smoke in the movies; if they see people smoking all around them; and if tobacco products are cheap and readily available to them."
www.who.int/archives/ntday/ntday98/ad98e_12.htm
- Children Opposed to Smoking Tobacco (C.O.S.T.) - "Tobacco companies are preying upon children. The tobacco industry spends millions of dollars every day hoping to lure kids into the deadly habit of smoking. Learn how to fight back."
www.costkids.org
- Delaware Kick Butts Generation - Tobacco prevention and tobacco control for Delaware youth.
www.ysmoke.org
- FDA - Children and Tobacco - Children and Tobacco: The Food and Drug Administration finds that nicotine in cigarettes and smokeless tobacco is a drug. and that these products are drug delivery devices.
www.fda.gov/opacom/campaigns/tobacco.html
- Full Court Press - A Tucson, Arizona program dedicated to reducing teen smoking. Provides sections on research, advertising, smokefree air, tobacco industry manipulation, and how to report smoking violations in your area.
www.azstarnet.com/public/nonprofit/fcp/index.html
- Kids Against Tobacco Smoke - Facts and games to help kids stop smoking. Learn about cancer, nicotine and the effect of smoke and join the Kids Against Tobacco Smoking campaign.
www.roycastle.org/kats
- National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids - Tries to protect children from tobacco addiction by raising awareness about tobacco use.
www.tobaccofreekids.org
- Nebraska Teens Kick Nicotine - Nebraska teens promote tobacco education and cessation. Tobacco news, events, and facts.
www.kick-ash.com
- New Jersey REBEL - Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies. "We are telling Big Tobacco, we're not for sale".
www.njrebel.com
- Nicotine Free Kids - Online web community for teenagers including information on smoking and tobacco. Sponsored by PICS, Inc., and features ads of their quit-smoking products.
www.nicotinefreekids.com
- ODAIS (Office of Drug Abuse Intervention Studies) - Conducts prevention and cessation research, predominantly with youth. Developed and researched the ALA's new smoking cessation program for youth, Not On Tobacco.
www.hsc.wvu.edu/odais
- PartnerSWAT - Many resources for the SWAT organization. "Our cause is to help teenagers realize that tobacco companies are targeting teens and we are fighting them."
www.partnerswat.homestead.com/index.html
- SPLAT! - Students Protesting Lies About Tobacco! Youth tobacco education and activism organization based in Thurston County, Washington.
www.kickthehabit.org
- 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.
www.teenz247.com
- WHO: Tobacco Use by Children - WHO factsheet. Tobacco has been called "a pediatric disease" because almost all smokers start smoking, and become addicted to nicotine, while children. A rundown by WHO on how the tobacco industry views young smokers, how tobacco affects children both firsthand and secondhand, and why kids smoke: to be like adults.
www.who.ch/inf/fs/fact197.html
- Youth Against Tobacco - Aims to "understand the lies that the tobacco industry are telling", provides a sports focus, and seeks to empower youth with information.
www.wewontsmoke.com
- youthtobacco.com - Tobacco intervention and cessation programs for youth.
www.youthtobacco.com
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