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Survey Shows Teen Smoking Down Steadily Since 1995- Massachusetts The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Tobacco Control Program works closely with the Department of Education on smoking education and prevention efforts. More than 7,000 events have been held in Massachusetts schools since 1994, including lectures by people afflicted with smoking related diseases. In addition, three video teaching guides have been developed and distributed to more than 1,500 middle schools in the Commonwealth.
The anonymous survey, given bi-annually since 1993, is part of the Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The report gauges the habits of public school students on a range of topics, including tobacco, alcohol and drug use, sexual risk behavior, dietary habits and physical activity. The tobacco results were released on Thursday, and the remainder of the survey will be published later this year.
TEEN SMOKING: You Don't Have to Start This video documentary stresses the facts that cigarette smoking is harmful to the body and the best way to approach smoking is simply not to start. Statistics prove that if a young person can avoid smoking through the teen years to at least age 21, he or she is ten times more likely not to ever become a smoker. Interviews with teenagers who smoke reveal the addictive nature of tobacco. "I started when I was 12 years old," says Amos. "It seemed like the cool thing to do." Amos is typical of young people who start smoking due to peer influence. Three ...
Educational videos to reduce teen smoking - Anti- smoking & health School Library Journal's review "Patrick Reynolds' father died from the product that made the family fortune -- cigarettes. In this program, Reynolds, grandson of tobacco company founder R.J. Reynolds and an anti-smoking advocate and renowned speaker, addresses a high school audience. His dynamic presentation is enlivened by videos, posters, and overhead slides. Amusing and effective take-offs of popular cigarette ads catch the audience's attention... This production, with its humor and varied format, is a powerful reminder of all the reasons to avoid tobacco and a useful resource ...
With award-winning TV spots, film clips, live talk, photos and anti-smoking graphics The Truth About Tobacco is a multimedia presentation which helps empower youth to stay tobacco free and drug free. This video motivates and inspires students! Emphasizes the addictiveness of nicotine Opens students' eyes to how tobacco advertising can manipulate teens Creates a new perception of stars who glamorize smoking in TV and films Motivates teens to resist peer pressure to smoke Provides students with a formula for saying no, and gives clear examples Empowers ...
Teen -Savvy Smoking Prevention ASPIRE’s interactive multi-media CD-ROM includes quizzes, a video game, animated scenarios, and videos of other teenagers confronting smoking dilemmas. ASPIRE shows students why smoking is harmful and offers specific help on how to stop. Each part of the curriculum is modified for individuals, depending on how they answer questions about their behavior and attitudes toward smoking. Once the student’s stage of readiness to change is identified, ASPIRE offers eight educational tracks to meet the students’ individual needs. Thus, someone who is only thinking about ...
While young people are a notoriously difficult audience for stop-smoking programs, they are an important group to reach since 90% of smokers start smoking before age 18. Part of the problem in interesting younger smokers in quitting is that young people tend to think of themselves as invincible. “Younger smokers usually don’t yet have smoking-related physical problems, and telling them that smoking increases their chances of dying of lung cancer at 40 or 50 just doesn’t work,” Dr. Prokhorov said. “In addition, adolescent smokers often don’t want ...