Teen and child smoking; initiation of smoking; causes and influences.
This page was last updated on July 20th, 2008
This page was last updated on July 20th, 2008
Teen Smoking (from Tobacco)
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ADVANCE for Nurses: Turning the Tide
Trends in teen smoking, campaigns that work, and the industry's counter-attack, from a magazine for nurses.
STATIC - Students Teaching Against Tobacco in Connecticut
STATIC is a means by which the young people of Connecticut may develop a coordinated, unified front against the manipulation and targeting by Big Tobacco.
Alaska Native Health Board: Challenge to Quit
A unique smoking cessation research project for Alaskan teenagers.
tobaccofreekids.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.
Health News: Teen Smokers
Consumer Health Interactive article examines the causes of teen smoking, such as tobacco advertising from Lorillard.
Youth Smoking - A Burning issue
Report from a symposium held July 1999. Summary of findings, paper presentations, talks; recommendations.
MEDLINEplus: Smoking and Youth
Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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.
Blowing Smoke
Blowing Smoke is an anti-tobacco curriculum designed by kids for kids to expose the exaggerated usage of tobacco in current movies.
Health Canada - Tobacco and Schools
Information resource list.
StepUpNC.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 Caro
Slugfest 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.
Smoking Sucks
Fighting for a smokefree Newfoundland and Labrador.
Smoking: Cutting Through the Hype
Article for teens on smoking and its promotion by the tobacco industry.
Age 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.
Sweet as Candy, Deadly as Cigarettes
Time magazine article on bidis.
Young People and Smoking
Factsheet from ASH-UK covers prevalence, influences, effects, addiction, and prevention.
Effects of Anti- and Pro-smoking Advertising in Convenience Stores
Research finds that point-of-purchase cigarette ads at convenience stores influence teen smoking.
Hooked on Tobacco: The Teen Epidemic
From Consumer Reports.
Young 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.
Addicting Kids to Nicotine
Summary of the science on how people get addicted, what nicotine does in the brain.
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.
Progression 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.
Smokefree 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.
FDA Children & Tobacco ComplianceChecker
Searchable database shows which retailers did and didn't sell tobacco to kids.
Teens 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.
Youth Tobacco Issues: A Roundtable Discussion
Session from health conference on smoking influences, smokefree programs and policies, and engaging youth in tobacco control activities.
Tobacco and Kids: The Facts
Broad summary of issues from the Center for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Study Shows Philip Morris's Anti-Smoking Ads Make Kids More Likely to Smoke
Recent research shows that Philip Morris's "Think, Don't Smoke" ads make kids more likely to smoke, while anti-smoking ads designed by health groups decrease smoking.
Smoking and Tobacco Use Among Young People
5 papers (abstracts only) from RWJ Foundation sponsored study on youth tobacco practices and attitudes.
Cigarette Smoking Among Philippine Teens is High
Reports on survey of 3000 students. Topics include peer influence, role of advertising, and lack of government support for an anti-smoking campaign.
Monitoring 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
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.
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.
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.
Parenting of Adolescents
What parents can do to prevent teenage smoking plus fact sheets, statistics and health effects.
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.
The Tobacco Reference Guide: Teen Smoking
36 pages of facts and quotes on the subject.
Youth and Tobacco Facts
Factsheet on youth and tobacco from Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights.
Teens 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.
Trends in teen smoking, campaigns that work, and the industry's counter-attack, from a magazine for nurses.
STATIC is a means by which the young people of Connecticut may develop a coordinated, unified front against the manipulation and targeting by Big Tobacco.
A unique smoking cessation research project for Alaskan teenagers.
Research reports on tobacco industry and marketing to kids bofore and after the Master Settlement Agreement with the states in November 1998.
Consumer Health Interactive article examines the causes of teen smoking, such as tobacco advertising from Lorillard.
Report from a symposium held July 1999. Summary of findings, paper presentations, talks; recommendations.
Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Reports and slide presentations on tobacco industry youth prevention programs, kids and tobacco, and spit tobacco. In Word and PowerPoint format.
Blowing Smoke is an anti-tobacco curriculum designed by kids for kids to expose the exaggerated usage of tobacco in current movies.
Information resource list.
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 Caro
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.
Fighting for a smokefree Newfoundland and Labrador.
Article for teens on smoking and its promotion by the tobacco industry.
Scientific paper examines the evidence that lung damage is greater and more lasting the younger a person started smoking.
Time magazine article on bidis.
Factsheet from ASH-UK covers prevalence, influences, effects, addiction, and prevention.
Research finds that point-of-purchase cigarette ads at convenience stores influence teen smoking.
From Consumer Reports.
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.
Summary of the science on how people get addicted, what nicotine does in the brain.
PBS show on smoking. Emphasis is on effects of smoking in the here and now, not just 40 years down the line.
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.
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.
Searchable database shows which retailers did and didn't sell tobacco to kids.
CNN report on a study that found that young people who experiment with cigarettes can become chemically dependent on tobacco faster than people think.
Session from health conference on smoking influences, smokefree programs and policies, and engaging youth in tobacco control activities.
Broad summary of issues from the Center for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Recent research shows that Philip Morris's "Think, Don't Smoke" ads make kids more likely to smoke, while anti-smoking ads designed by health groups decrease smoking.
5 papers (abstracts only) from RWJ Foundation sponsored study on youth tobacco practices and attitudes.
Reports on survey of 3000 students. Topics include peer influence, role of advertising, and lack of government support for an anti-smoking campaign.
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
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.
Heavily documented from the tobacco industry's own internal documents, reports on how the tobacco industry promotes cigarettes and smoking to youth.
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.
What parents can do to prevent teenage smoking plus fact sheets, statistics and health effects.
Thoracic surgeon Fred Grannis MD provides young people and their families with information on cigarette smoking, cessation, lung cancer risk, diagnosis and treatment.
36 pages of facts and quotes on the subject.
Factsheet on youth and tobacco from Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights.
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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