There is a wealth of smoking prevention and cessation materials available from numerous public and private sources. Following is a sampling of agencies and organizations that offer anti-tobacco use information, publications and curricula:
Teens Against Tobacco Use ® (T.A.T.U.) is a youth empowerment program teaching teens to fight back against tobacco use. Essentially, we turn teens into teachers. Recent focus groups have shown that teens are eager to talk to younger kids about tobacco use. Younger children are impressed by teenage role models and enthusiastically understand and accept the information which they are presented. By encouraging & supporting the T.A.T.U. program in your school, you will be making a huge step in preventing today's youth from becoming tomorrow's tobacco users. T.A.T.U. is also the approved tobacco prevention education training for Raze, the statewide, youth led, prevention movement sponsored by the Division of Tobacco Prevention. http://www.alawv.org/teens_against_tobacco_use.htm
RAZE
West Virginia's teens, tearing down the lies of Big Tobacco and fighting them with all we've got: our passion, our power and our minds. http://razewv.com
Tobacco-Free Kids
National
Center for Tobacco-Free Kids/Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is fighting to free America's
youth from tobacco and to create a healthier environment. The Campaign is one of
the nation's largest non-governmental initiatives ever launched to protect
children from tobacco addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke.
1707 L Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036, (800) 284-KIDS
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org
or info@tobaccofreekids.org
Coalition
for a Tobacco-Free West Virginia
The
mission of the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free West Virginia is to educate the
public about tobacco-related issues and advocate for policies that reduce, with
the intent to eliminate, tobacco use in West Virginia. The Coalition for a
Tobacco-Free West Virginia is a statewide organization made up of member
organizations and members-at-large. The membership represents a cross-section of
West Virginia, including health care organizations, public and private
businesses, schools, civic organizations and interested individuals. 100
Association Drive, Charleston, WV 25311, Phone:(304)344-9744,
http://www.ctfwv.com/
American
Legacy Foundation
The American
Legacy Foundation, established to reduce tobacco use in the United States as
outlined in the Master Settlement Agreement, has created a web site where you
can learn more about the anti-tobacco movement, see the Master Settlement
Agreement's funding in action, get updates about public education efforts
including the national Truth campaign and write your own story about your
personal struggles with tobacco. http://www.americanlegacy.org/americanlegacy/skins/alf/home.aspx
American
Lung Association Of West Virginia
The
American Lung Association of West Virginia (ALAWV) is leading the fight against
lung disease caused by tobacco. Our adult cessation program,
Freedom
From Smoking® has been successful since
1975. Not
On Tobacco®, our
teen smoking cessation program, as well as our youth prevention program,
Teens Against
Tobacco Use® are also respected tobacco control programs operating in
communities and schools across West Virginia. 415 Dickinson Street,
Charleston, WV 25339, (800) 586-4872,
http://www.alawv.org/
Cigarette
Anyone?
Read first-hand accounts of the health effects of smoking from members of
EFFORTS, a non-profit group taking an active role to facilitate education,
treatment and, especially, a cure for emphysema and related lung diseases. Many
of the contributors began smoking as kids. http://www.emphysema.net/my.html
CigaretteLitter.org
CigaretteLitter.Org is an informal, non-profit organization dedicated to
dramatically reducing cigarette litter across the United States.
http://www.cigarettelitter.org/index.asp?PageName=Home
Doctors
Ought to Care (DOC)
DOC actively mobilizes doctors and health organizations to speak out against
tobacco and publicize its effects.
Foundation
for a Smokefree America
This site was created by Patrick Reynolds, grandson of tobacco company founder
R.J. Reynolds. It contains messages to youth and adults as well as quitting tips
and a useful links page to top anti-smoking sites. http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/doc/
Get
Outraged
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program, this site includes
information from formerly secret tobacco industry documents as well as
suggestions for how to get involved in the fight against the tobacco industry. http://www.getoutraged.com/
Joe
Chemo
Joe Chemo now has his own web site. JoeChemo.org is an interactive web site that
allows visitors to test their "Tobacco IQ," get a personalized
"Smoke-o-Scope," and send free Joe Chemo E-Cards. There is also
extensive information for teachers, anti-smoking activists, health care
providers, journalists, and smokers who wish to quit. http://www.joechemo.org/