An Ad-erage Day in the Life of a Kid
Describes the tobacco ads one boy sees in a day. Reveals how the tobacco advertisers surround kids with advertisements.
Center of Disease Control (CDC)
Children Opposed to Smoking Tobacco (COST)
C.O.S.T., founded by forty-three middle school students who want to keep tobacco products out of the hands of children, provides facts about teen smoking, resources and online letter campaigns urging legislators to stop giving money to tobacco farmers.
Connect for Kids
A comprehensive site addressing children's issues of today. Includes a thorough listing of kids' organizations nationwide.
Florida Kids Campaign Against Tobacco
This site includes interactive games, contests and facts about tobacco.
For Kids Only
A kid friendly site of The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, a service of SAMHSA.
Girl Power!
Empowering site for girls. Check out its Kick Butts Day 2001 information.
Girls Incorporated
A youth organization serving 350,000 low-income minority girls. The site features "Friendly PEERsuasion" a section that helps girls avoid drugs and alcohol.
Girls’ Place
Web site created by girls for girls and youth. Includes a personal story about peer pressure and smoking.
Gross-Out Tobacco Club
This site asks for youth to help expose the lies, so that kids can make up their OWN minds about tobacco -- based on the FACTS!
I Decide
I Decide, is the Winnebago County teen anti-tobacco movement sponsored by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The site provides an interactive element for teenagers to share their stories and opinions about tobacco use.
iEmily.com
iEmily.com is a site where girls' learn about health and about the issues that affect thier body, mind and spirit. Watch videos, take surveys, ask advice from medical experts, and chat with other girls in our forums!
Lesko Brothers
See how an 11-year-old and a 14-year-old are fighting to protect kids from tobacco.
Nebraska Teen Power
Headquarters for the new youth anti-tobacco movement that is taking off across Nebraska.
NJ REBEL
The official Web site of New Jersey's youth anti-tobacco movement REBEL - Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies. The site provides information on the unhealthy and gross effects of tobacco use and how Big Tobacco tries to manipulate young people. New Jersey teens can also find out how they can join REBEL and fight Big Tobacco in their own communities.
No Limits
Nebraska teens are coming together to expose and oppose the tobacco industry's tactics. See the latest photos, news and events from across the state.
Notobacco.org
Research questions, current news and cool web sites related to tobacco prevention.
Question It
Mississippi’s "Question It" web site introduces the campaign and lets teens get involved in the fight against tobacco use.
Smoke-Free Kids
The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team encourages girls to take up soccer and put down cigarettes.
The Surgeon General's Report for Kids
The Surgeon General’s Report for Kids is interactive and suggests great things to do to in the fight against Big Tobacco.
S.W.A.T. Zone/The Whole Truth
This site was created with the help of teens in Florida. Get the real scoop behind the deadly effects of cigarette smoking. The site also allows you to play interactive action adventure games and win prizes.
Tar Wars
Tar Wars is an innovative and fun program that teaches fifth graders about the short-term, image-based consequences of tobacco use and how to think critically about tobacco advertising.
Tips 4 Youth
A section just for kids (educators and parents too) on the Centers for Disease Control web site.
VOICE
Indiana's movement against Big Tobacco
News 03.09.07
- Youth
- Among young teens (aged 13 to 15, about one in five smokes worldwide
- Between 80,000 and 100,000 children Worldwide starts smoking every day roughly half of whom live in asia.
