Smokescreen Project

Links

General: Youth and Smoking

• thetruth.com

  This comprehensive and cool website is dedicated to alerting youth about the dangers of tobacco and the lies tobacco companies tell.

• tobaccofreekids.org

  Clearing house of information on everything pertaining to smoking and youth in the States. Includes a Tobacco Ad Gallery, Information on Youth Action, research and facts, links to sites to help people quit smoking and more.

• quitsmoking.about.com

  Lots of info and current articles about a range of issues relating to teens and smoking.

• tobaccopedia.org

  everything you ever wanted to know about smoking.

• smoke-free.ca

  Lots of good and user-friendly info including Tobacco industry docs, an e-zine on tobacco marketing, lotsa pictures, stats and help tips for quitting

Girls, smoking and body image

• www.media-awareness.ca

  Following a basic "Smoking and Body Image Q & A" format, this site provides basic info on the relationship between smoking and body image.

• my.webmd.com

  Article on girls, smoking, body image and stress.

• ourbodiesourselves.org

  Lots of information on women, smoking and health and how the tobacco companies target youth and women.

• now.org (Love Your Body Day)

  Information on "Love Your Body Day" which calls attention to harmful images of women in the media and encourages women and girls to celebrate their bodies.

Tobacco Industry/Marketing

• thetruth.com

  This cool website is dedicated to alerting people of the dangers of tobacco and the lies of the tobacco companies. It includes up-to-date news and info about tobacco, ways for people to join the campaign against it, quit tips and much more.

• www.hc-sc.gc.ca (information)

  Info on how the tobacco companies are targeting you.

• roswell.tobaccodocuments.org

  Collection of Tobacco marketing campaigns through the ages.

• womensenews.org

  An article that outlines the ways in which young girls are encouraged to smoke through the movies.

Health Impacts/Quitting

• www.cdc.gov (tips for youth)

  Links to other teen sites and tobacco sites that contain information about how to quit smoking, what's in cigarette's and posters.

• www.soundvision.com

  Outlines some of what smoking can do to your athletic ability, heart rate, and mind set.

• hc-sc.gc.ca (quitting)
• quitsmokingsupport.com
• hc-sc.gc.ca (facts)

  By giving you the facts about what smoking means to your body, your environment and who's actually benefiting from the sale of tobacco products we hope you'll make an informed decision about sticking that cigarette in your mouth and lighting up.

Books

• You are the Target

  Written by a Canadian woman, this book provides a valuable potpourri of revelations and direct quotations that are a mine of ammunition for tobacco control activists. It shows young people how the tobacco industry has targeted and deceived them.

• Cigarettes: What the Warning Label Doesn't Tell You

  Information Tobacco Companies Don't Want Teens to Know About the Dangers of Smoking. A must read for all teens-smokers, those who love them, those who have to be in their company, and especially those who are contemplating starting to smoke.

• Teens and Tobacco: A Fatal Attraction

  This book address the issues of how and why young people start smoking, tobacco advertising directed at them, health and financial costs associated with tobacco, as well as changing societal attitudes toward its use. Following each chapter is a first-person narrative by a teen who has succumbed to the habit.