The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is the country's largest non-government initiative ever launched to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure to second-hand smoke. The campaign is working to: alter the nation's social, political and economic environment regarding tobacco; change public policies at federal, state and local levels; and increase the number of organizations and individuals involved. This requires actively countering the tobacco industry and its special interests.

TRY OUR SEARCH ENGINE 5-17-02 - The Minneapolis Star-Tribune published an excellent editorial ( Keep MPAAT ) citing our brief on May 17. Read it here. 5-1-02 - TCRC files amicus brief to dispel misinformation about MPAAT and to inform the court about the successful tobacco control efforts in Massachusetts. Read more here. A decision from the court is expected soon. 10-16-01- US Court of Appeals ...

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Tobacco companies target teens in their advertisements so they can replace the 1, 200 smokers who die each day from smoking-related illnesses. Read this article to learn the truth about smoking.

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Smokefree Kids Fact Sheet Youth smoking is as big a problem as it ever was. Parents and teachers are often at a loss as to how to deal with the fact that their children may already smoke or the chance that they may become hooked on cigarettes in the future. This page is therefore dedicated to providing as much information about the subject as is possible, and to answering potential questions on ...

Like every other tobacco pusher, RJ Reynolds wants to get you addicted at a young age. That's because most nicotine junkies will buy cigarettes for decades, until they die at an early age from cancer, lung disease, or other ailments. This collection of internal RJR documents focuses on the company's efforts to cultivate (and cash in on) the youth market, a predatory campaign that included the ...

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Light Up. Be Cool. Drop Dead. Story by Mark Worth Photos by Pete Lemaire Research assistance by Mike Blain, Margaret Flynn, and Eric Nelson If Seattle is cool enough for lounge music, late-night espresso bars, retro fashion and body art, what's stopping cigarettes especially designed and packaged for Twentysomething hipsters from becoming the latest trend It's a high-stakes question that RJ ...

MORE SMOKE AND MIRRORS: Tobacco Industry-Sponsored Youth Prevention Programs In the Context of Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs in Canada A Position Statement By The Ontario Medical Association February 2002 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This paper was prepared by Michael Perley, Director of the Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco and tobacco policy advisor to the Ontario Medical Association, with ...

Did You Know The tobacco industry spends $22.5 million a day in the U.S. on a marketing barrage that attracts youth to its deadly products. The Tobacco Toll Find out what tobacco has done to your state! Select a State... Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawai'i Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland ...

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This web page written by thoracic surgeon Fred Grannis MD represents an attempt to provide young peopleand their families with information on cigarette smoking, cessation, lungcancer risk, diagnosis and treatment.

Did You Know In 1998, Philip Morris made a profit of $5 billion selling cigarettes overseas, compared to $1.5 billion from cigarette sales in the United States. The Tobacco Toll Find out what tobacco has done to your state!

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COMMUNITY Message Boards Chat Feedback SITE SOURCES Contents Help! Search CNN Networks SPECIALS Quick News Almanac Video Vault News Quiz S P E C I A L Tobacco Under Attack Secret memos show cigarette-maker targeted teens RJR insists it did nothing wrong; Clinton says settlement 'imperative' January 15, 1998 Web posted at: 3:40 p.m. EST (2040 GMT) In this story: What the memos say 'A ...

In Their Own Words: Tobacco Industry Quotes On Marketing To Kids back home see also, Their Own Words: Tobacco Industry Quotes on Nicotine FACT: The cigarette companies spent over $5 billion in 1996 on advertising and promotion campaigns -- almost $14 million every day. Federal Trade Commission, 1998 Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress for 1996, Pursuant to the Federal Cigarette Labeling ...

Cigarette Brand Preferences of American Teens Press Release Cigarette brands smoked by American teens: One brand predominates; three account for nearly all of teen smoking. Press Release, (04/13/99). Suggested citation: LD Johnston, PM O'Malley, JG Bachman, JE Schulenberg. (Apr. 1999). Cigarette brands smoked by American teens: One brand predominates; three account for nearly all of teen smoking.

View articles by date | ON SCIENCE Home Page | View articles by topic Nicotine addiction from cigarette smoking may begin in a few days Kids get addicted to cigarettes a lot quicker than we thought. Mayo Clinic researchers report this month that children who have smoked only a few cigarettes experience the same symptoms of nicotine addiction as adults who smoke heavily. The researchers followed ...

Major Depressive Disorder Young Smokers More Likely to Suffer Depression The Medical Post, April 9, 1996 WASHINGTON - The prevention and reduction of cigarette smoking by adolescents could be an important intervention against depression, according to a National Research Council survey. Using data from the Teenage Attitudes and Practices Survey, a National Research Council telephone query of ...

Did You Know Currently, more than five million U.S. kids twelve to seventeen years old are smokers. The Tobacco Toll Find out what tobacco has done to your state! Select a State... Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawai'i Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi ...

Release Date: December 20, 1999 Contact: Gina DiGravio or Christopher Smalley (617) 638-8491 Study Suggests Cigarette Companies Target Youth Cigarette companies have asserted that their youth-oriented advertisements are directed at young adults aged 18 or older rather than at youths aged 10 to 15, but new research suggests otherwise. For a study period of nearly ten years, popular youth ...

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5090.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM Findings from the 1996 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Study of Smoking and Tobacco Use Among Young People The purpose of this session is to present 5 papers on examining varying aspects of adolescent tobacco practices and attitudes all using data from a nationally representative probability sample collected in 1996. The data are some of the ...

4306.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 8:30 PM-10:00 PM Youth Tobacco Issues: A Roundtable Discussion Presider(s): Nancy Rigotti, MD Table 1 Effects of exposing youth to anti- and pro-smoking advertising in convenience stores Lisa Henriksen, PhD, Ellen Feighery, RN, June A. Flora, PhD, Stephen P. Fortmann, MD Table 2 Effects of MN state & local programs on youth tobacco use: The MACC study Vincent ...

Slugfest in the Smoke Ring By Brett D. Fromson Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, March 1, 1998; Page H01 Last week's news photographs of cigarette company executives jointly testifying before Congress gave the impression of a unified industry in which one company is indistinguishable from another. The truth of the cigarette business is a good deal more complicated. The picture that emerges ...

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GLOBALink Resources on Tobacco Control SCARC Action Alerts Issue: Tobacco Companies Funding Youth Prevention Programs Summary For years, the tobacco industry has tried to buy legitimacy by funding programs for youth smoking prevention, but recently tobacco companies have engaged in a new, more insidious effort to improve their public image. Instead of funding programs designed and controlled by ...

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5216.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM Scientific Session XII: Prevention of Adolescent Use of Tobacco Presider(s): Deitra E. Wengert, PhD, , CHES 2:30 PM Tobacco prevention programs that work: The CDC research to classroom project to reduce health risk behaviors among school-age youth Diane D. Allensworth, PhD, RN, Holly B. Conner, MA, CHES, Linda Crossett, RDH, Dean Fenley, EdD ...

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Number 1, July 1999 Youth Empowerment and Health Promotion Table of Contents The Case for Youth Empowerment Behaviors That Contribute to Intentional and Unintentional Injuries Contemporary Views of Youth Empowerment Review of Research on Youth Empowerment Implications for Health Education and Health Promotion Among Youth Promising Empowerment Initiatives Conclusion References There is a ...

Monday, July 3, 2000 India's first e-business paper Search FE - Download BSE Quotes NSE Quotes - Think Tank This week we focus on a complete analysis of the diamonds industry - Other Links - Corporate Results - Indian Express - ExpressIndia - Expresscomputer Services - Archives - Advertise here - Feedback Intel IT Update Brown & Williamson campaign targets younger adult smokers Gordon Fairclough ...

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Report: Philip Morris polled teens on smoking December 15, 1996 Web posted at: 6:00 p.m. EST RICHMOND, Virginia (CNN) -- Philip Morris, the nation's largest tobacco company, has used pollsters to quiz young people about their smoking attitudes, according to a newspaper report about internal company documents. The company, which denies targeting children, had teen-agers as young as 14 questioned ...

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Smoke This by Jacob Lanning Staff Writer Every day 3, 000 teenagers begin smoking cigarettes, and of those, nearly 1, 000 will die from smoking related illnesses. If this does not shock you than nothing will. One third of your friends who smoke will die from their nasty little habit. What is even more shocking is that the choice to smoke no longer relies solely on the individual. Today, through ...

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For the best in local lodging Secret memos show R.J. Reynolds targeted teen-agers By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press writer WASHINGTON -- Secret R.J. Reynolds memos show the No. 2 cigarette maker targeted teen-agers as young as 13 in a plan to steal its competitors' youngest smokers -- and even created a special brand aimed at boys. Code-named Project LF, a 1987 memo stamped RJR Secret says ...

From The Post Ad experts say the tobacco industry should campaign against youth smoking. Internal company memos revealed children were targeted by ads. Go to Today's Top News Go to National Section Go to Home Page Internal R.J. Reynolds Documents Detail Cigarette Marketing Aimed at Children By John Mintz and Saundra Torry Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, January 15, 1998; Page A01 R.J.