Have something to say? Blog about it!
Kick Butts Day 2009 Website is Live
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has just launched the new 2009 Kick Butts Day website.
Visit www.kickbuttsday.org to check out all of the new changes.
This year, the Kick Butts Day guide has...
The 2009 Youth Advocate of the Year Award (YAYA) nomination packets are now available
The 2009 Youth Advocate of the Year Award (YAYA) nomination packets are now available. Please visit ...
Nicorette helps NASCAR stop smoking
When R.J. Tobacco Company was a sponsor of NASCAR free cigarettes were handed out at media centers and fan infields during races, and smoking took place inside the garages, in the grandstands and even in the cars.
Jeff...
Lorlliard Anti-Smoking Website to Help Parents Prevent Youth Smoking
Lorillard Tobacco Company has created a website www.realparentsrealanswers.com where parents can access two educational audio podcasts by Dr. Popkin, a pyschologist and founder of Active Parenting Publishers and a longtime spokesperson...
More Pink Cigarettes
Virginia Slims will now be sold in pink “purse packs” by Philip Morris USA. The packaging will be pink, sleek and rectangular with square ends.
The new packaging is for...
New R.J. Reynolds Products May Appeal to Children
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. recently introduced three dissolvable tobacco products. They include Camel Orbs (a pellet), Camel Sticks (a twisted stick the size of a toothpick), and Camel Strips (a film strip for the...
E-Cigarettes
E-Cigarettes have been championed by their manufactures as an effective and safe way to get around smoking bans in bars and restaurants.
An E-cigarette is battery-powered and allows the user to inhale nicotine in a mist form. The manufactures claim that this mist only contains nicotine and water and not the other harmful substances found in regular cigarette. They have also been promoting the E-cigarette as a nicotine-replacement device to help smokers quit...
KBD planning underway
Our JEL (Just Elimnate Lies) group at my school has been brainstorming KBD ideas. We are looking at something across town on street corners as one of our options. We were wondering what would be the most effective way to get peoples...
National Conference Call for Abstracts
The National Conference on Tobacco and Health has issued a call for Abstracts for the 2009 Conference. The submission deadline is November 14, 2008 and presenter notification will occur on February 2, 2009.
...Arkansas YES Team
Hey guys! I'm going to update you on the happenings of the Arkansas School for Math, Sciences, and the Arts Youth Extinguishing Smoking Team otherwise known as ASMSA YES [phew!]. We had our first meeting and we're...