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Reality Check: The Truth About Tobacco  - http://www.rctruth.org/  Youth-led movement to expose the truth about tobacco so people can make informed decisions about use.  Smoking Stinks  - http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/smoking.html  Article explains why smoking and chewing are harmful.  Teenz247  - http://www.teenz247.com  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.  Tobacco Tips 4 Kids  - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tips4youth.htm  Printable tip sheets on everything from the dangers of tobacco to kicking the habit. From the Center for Disease Control.  The Anti-Smoke  - http://hometown.aol.com/diego7007/myhomepage/rant.html  A 15-year-old urges people not to smoke and discusses the dangers of smoking.  They're Rich, You're Dead  - http://www.mededu.miami.edu/Tobacco  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.  19 year old Sean Marsee's Tobacco Message  - http://whyquit.com/whyquit/SeanMarsee.html  High school athlete Sean Marsee's experience with smokeless tobacco and snuff.  Teenage Girls as the Target of the Tobacco Industry  - http://www.ritobaccocontrolnet.com/teengirl.htm  Factsheet from the American Lung Association. How the industry targets girls in its advertising and promotion; what results it has gotten.  Face the Faces  - http://www.infact.org/about.html  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.  Maryland Teens Rejecting Abusive Smoking Habits (T.R.A.S.H.)  - http://www.marylandtrash.com  Statewide initiative comprised of youth coalitions that have taken a stand against tobacco use. Offers a list of events and opportunities to become involved.  How Smoking Affects The Way You Look  - http://www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact10.html  ASH-UK factsheet covers how smoking affects the skin, body shape, and weight.  In the Mix - Smoking: The Truth Unfiltered  - http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/shows/show_smoking.html  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  - http://www.kiiss.org/  Dedicated to eliminating kids' involuntary inhalation of secondhand smoke; features a "Share A Story" section.  Memos Highlight Importance Of 'Younger Adult Smokers'  - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tobacco/stories/memos.htm  Washington Post article summarizes what the tobacco industry says in its internal memos about getting kids to smoke.  thetruth.com  - http://www.thetruth.com/  Information on cigarettes, smoking, other tobacco products. HTML and Flash sections.  Tobacco Explained: Marketing to Youth  - http://www.ash.org.uk/html/conduct/html/tobexpld3.html  Heavily documented from the tobacco industry's own internal memos, reports on how the industry promotes cigarettes and smoking to youth.  TASK  - http://www.kstask.org/  Kansas youth speaking out about big tobacco companies; news and information on how tobacco companies target teens, and how teens can fight back.  Peers Against Tobacco  - http://www.peersagainsttobacco.com  For kids, by kids to educate about tobacco and its effects.  Kids Against Tobacco Smoke  - http://www.roycastle.org/kats/  UK site features facts about cancer, nicotine and the effect of smoke, firsthand and secondhand, a chance to join the Kids Against Tobacco Smoking campaign, and a message board for kids.  Teens Take on Big Tobacco  - http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/event/ltk0304/  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.  The Smoking Handbook  - http://www.eastchester.k12.ny.us/schools/ms/smoke/smoke1.html  A description of tobacco and the effects of smoking, written by kids for kids.  Don't be a Dip  - http://dontdip.tamu.edu  Information for kids about the effects of using spit ("smokeless") tobacco.  The Irreversible Health Effects of Cigarettes  - http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.377/pub_detail.asp  Pamphlet available to download, from American Council on Science and Health. Quitting greatly reduces risks, but some effects of smoking are permanent.  The Surgeon General's Report for Kids About Smoking  - http://www.health.org/features/kidsarea/pubs/sgr4kids/sgrmenu.aspx  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.  Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters  - http://www.adbusters.org/spoofads/tobacco/  Spoofs of ads, including some highly entertaining looks at cigarette advertising.  The Badvertising Institute  - http://badvertising.org/  Spoofs cigarette ads.  Mind Over Matter - How Nicotine Affects the Brain  - http://www.drugabuse.gov/MOM/NIC/MOMNIC1.html  How nicotine acts on the brain, and why it's so addictive.  Phoenix Alliance  - http://health.utah.gov/upa/  Tobacco information, ad contest, message board, events, and news; requires Flash.  Smoke-FX  - http://www.smoke-fx.com/  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.  American Dental Speciality Institute - Tobacco and Dental Health  - http://westallisperio.com/learn_more/tobacco.php  How smoking can make your teeth fall out.  You and Me Smokefree  - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/tobac-tabac/youth-jeunes/index_e.html  Health Canada site offering information about what's in cigarettes, facts and figures, and how to quit.  Smoking: Don't Let It Steer You Wrong: Facts for Teens  - http://familydoctor.org/274.xml  What's in cigarettes, addiction, spit tobacco, reasons to quit, how to make quitting easier, and nicotine gum and patches.  Smokeless Tobacco  - http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/tobacco/smokeless.html  What it is, where it comes from, who chews, what it does to you, and quitting.  Tobacco No Way  - http://www.recess.org/newpage1.htm  Information on health and tobacco.  stupid.ca  - http://www.stupid.ca/  Forum for youth to share their thoughts and find out more about the tobacco industry and smoking.  Sick of Smoke  - http://www.sickofsmoke.com  The facts, straight up, on smoking. No guilt-trips. No nagging. TV ads online.  Fair Enough  - http://www.fairenough.com/  Videos spoof sitcoms and the tobacco industry.