Resources

• ABC's of Tobacco (National Center for Tobacco Free Kids)
• Adolescent Smoking Statistics (American Lung Association)
• American Cancer Society
• American Lung Association
• Anti-Tobacco Advocacy Inspires Teens to Quit Smoking (American Cancer Society)
• Boyz II Men Answer Your Smoke-Free Questions (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (National Center for Tobacco Free Kids)
• CDC's TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
• Cigar Smoking and Cancer (American Cancer Society)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Smoking (National Institutes of Health)
• Early Nicotine Initiation Increases Severity of Addiction, Vulnerability to Some Effects of Cocaine (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Early Nicotine Initiation Increases Severity of Addiction, Vulnerability to Some Effects of Cocaine (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Global Youth Tobacco Survey Geographic Information System (GIS) (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Healthy People 2010: Tobacco Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• High School and Youth Trends (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• How Parents Can Protect Their Kids from Becoming Addicted Smokers (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - Links to PDF File
• How Schools Can Help Students Stay Tobacco-Free (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - Links to PDF File
• How Youths Get Cigarettes (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Images of Lungs (American Lung Association)
• Learn about Your Respiratory System (American Lung Association)
• Lessons from Prevention Drug Abuse Research (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Mind Over Matter - The Brain's Response to Nicotine (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Most Teens Don't Smoke (Office on Smoking and Health, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Report Series: Nicotine Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• NHLBI Study Shows Weight Concerns Increase Girls' Risk of Becoming Smokers (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Nicotine Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• NIDA InfoFacts - Cigarettes and Other Nicotine Products (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• NIDA InfoFacts - High School and Youth Trends - 2001 Monitoring the Future Study (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Novelty-Seeking Teens May Be More Easily Influenced by Tobacco Advertisements (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Novelty-Seeking Teens May Be More Easily Influenced by Tobacco Advertisements (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Over Half of Sites in Global Youth Tobacco Survey Show No Gender Difference in Cigarette Smoking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Parenting Can Mean Prevention (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
• Parents' Involvement Helps Kids Overcome Peer Influence on Smoking (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Parents: Nicotine Is A Real Threat To Your Kids (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Path to Smoking Addiction Starts at Very Young Ages (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - Links to PDF File
• Quitting Tobacco: Short-term and Long-term Health Benefits
• Report Shows Recent Progress in Decreasing Youth Tobacco Use, but Much Work Remains (National Cancer Institute)
• Smoking - The Facts [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
• Smoking and Youth (Medline Plus)
• Smoking and Youth (National Institutes of Health)
• Smoking Stinks! (Nemours Foundation)
• Smoking: Cutting through the Hype (Nemours Foundation)
• Smoking: Don't Let It Steer You Wrong (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI) (American Lung Association)
• Surgeon General's Report for Kids about Smoking: The Real Deal about Tobacco (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Tabagisme Chez les Jeunes et Leur Exposition au Tabac: Un Problème de Proportions Mondiales (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Talking to Your Child about Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco (Nemours Foundation)
• Targeting Tobacco Use:The Nation's Leading Cause of Death (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
• Teen Smoking Dropped Dramatically in 2002 (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Teen Tobacco Use (American Cancer Society)
• Teens Have Easy Cigarette Access Online (American Cancer Society)
• Teens Report Being More Susceptible to Smoking after Minnesota Ends Anti-Tobacco Campaign (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Teens' Drug Use Declines Dramatically, According to MTF Survey Results (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Tobacco Harm to Kids (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - Links to PDF File
• Tobacco Questionnaire (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• What You(th) Should Know about Tobacco (Office on Smoking and Health, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS)