Tobacco Explained: Marketing to Youth - Heavily documented from the tobacco industry's own internal documents, reports on how the tobacco industry promotes cigarettes and smoking to youth.
Smoking and Youth - Transcript of radio program reporting on teen smoking.
Health Canada - Tobacco and Schools - Information resource list.
Tobacco Industry Waged False Battle Against Youth Smoking - Article from the Saint Paul Pioneer Press regarding the tobacco industry's high-profile efforts to keep kids from smoking while secretly, yet actively, opposing numerous federal, state and local efforts to combat underage smoking.
Monitoring the Future: Kids' favorite cigarettes - Just three cigarette brands account for nearly all teen smoking: Marlboro (Philip Morris), Newport (Lorillard), and Camel (RJ Reynolds). These are among the most heavily advertised and promoted cigarette brands, in particular Marlboro, and Marlboro alone accounts for nearly two thirds of teen smoking.
FDA Children & Tobacco ComplianceChecker - Searchable database shows which retailers did and didn't sell tobacco to kids.
R. J. Reynolds Documents on Youth - In its internal memos, RJR discusses the important "14-24 age group"; in public, it says very different things; this article explains.
Young People and Smoking - Factsheet from ASH-UK covers prevalence, influences, effects, addiction, and prevention.
The Young Person's Cyber-Library of Information on Tobacco and Tobacco-Caused Disease - Thoracic surgeon Fred Grannis MD provides young people and their families with information on cigarette smoking, cessation, lung cancer risk, diagnosis and treatment.
Youth Media Network - Number of topics on tobacco and smoking, with focus on youth issues.
Tobacco Industry Promotion of Cigarettes and Adolescent Smoking - Longitudinal research finds that kids who reconized tobacco advertising or owned a tobacco promotional item (T-shirt, cap) were more likely to try smoking, when followed up 3 years later.
YPH Home Page - Information and news on a variety of health topics for youths, including tobacco.
Smokefree Kids Fact Sheet - Facts on tobacco use among children, nicotine and nicotine addiction in children, tobacco-caused disease, questions to ask candidates for public office, children and tobacco advertising.
Teen Smoking Cessation Program - The Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati's Teen Smoking Cessation Program is free and open to people age 12 to 21.
Smoking Among America's Youth - Factsheets and links; references cited.
In the Mix - Smoking: The Truth Unfiltered - PBS show on smoking. Emphasis is on effects of smoking in the here and now, not just 40 years down the line.
Blowing Smoke - Blowing Smoke is an anti-tobacco curriculum designed by kids for kids to expose the exaggerated usage of tobacco in current movies.
Youth and Tobacco Facts - Factsheet on youth and tobacco from Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights.
tobaccofreekids.org Special Report: Big Tobacco: Still Addicting Kids - Research reports on tobacco industry and marketing to kids bofore and after the Master Settlement Agreement with the states in November 1998.
What is Causing the Rise in Teen Smoking? - "Why is teenage smoking on the increase? Peer pressure is not new, Camel is not the brand most kids smoke...so then what? Perhaps it's..." This article was published in a textbook on teen smoking issues.
Tobacco and Kids: The Facts - Broad summary of issues from the Center for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Tobacco Industry Cynicism Shown - What's behind tobacco industry "partnerships" to "fight youth smoking"? Industry internal memos have the answer. "To head off further regulation, paint industry foes as extremists and foster good will by appearing to care."
Youth Tobacco Issues: A Roundtable Discussion - Session from health conference on smoking influences, smokefree programs and policies, engaging youth in tobacco control activities, and more.
Look Who's Smoking Now - The Daily Apple - While the prevalence of smoking among adults is decreasing, a new, steady stream of smokers is becoming addicted: children.
Smoking and Tobacco Use Among Young People - 5 papers (abstracts only) from RWJ Foundation sponsored study on youth tobacco practices and attitudes.
Anti-smoking educational video for grades 7-12 - An acclaimed anti-smoking educational video, for 7th-12th grade. Patrick Reynolds, a grandson of RJ Reynolds, motivates and empowers students to resist tobacco advertising and peer pressure.
Seducing the Young - Commentary on tobacco industry marketing to kids; cites numerous internal industry documents.
Hooked on Tobacco: The Teen Epidemic - From Consumer Reports.
The Tobacco Industry and Youth Smoking - Report submitted to the Canadian government by the Non-Smoker's Rights Association of Canada covers the economics, trends, and promotion of youth smoking.
Memo Says Philip Morris Worried About Teen Smoking Decline - News article discusses a 1981 tobacco industry memo in which tobacco executives worried that the declining number of teen smokers would lower cigarette sales.
Speakers Kit: Teens and Tobacco - Slides ready for presentation on tobacco myths and facts, tobacco advertising and promotion, immediate effects of tobacco, rewards of quitting.
Teen Smokers Ignore Health Risks - An article by BUPA written by their medical team.
Young Smokers More Likely to Suffer Depression - Medical Post article summarizes recent research.
Age at Smoking Initiation and Lung Damage - Scientific paper examines the evidence that lung damage is greater and more lasting the younger a person started smoking.
Youth Smoking - A Burning issue - Report from a symposium held July 1999. Summary of findings, paper presentations, talks; recommendations.
Hooked On Tobacco: The Teen Epidemic - GASP of Colorado Education Center; reprinted from Consumer Reports. Why teens smoke: ad dollars and teen smokers; other factors.
Smoking: Cutting Through the Hype - Article for teens on smoking and its promotion by the tobacco industry.
Parenting of Adolescents - What parents can do to prevent teenage smoking plus fact sheets, statistics and health effects.
The Tobacco Reference Guide: Teen Smoking - 36 pages of facts and quotes on the subject.
The Tobacco Reference Guide: International - Covers tobacco issues in Canada, China, Eastern Europe, Hong Kong, India, Bangladesh, Japan, Korea, Latin America, the Middle East, Northern Africa, the Philippines, Russia and the former Soviet Union, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Western Europe.
Teens Can Get Hooked on Cigarettes After 2 Weeks of Puffing - September 11, 2000 - A new study finds that young people who experiment with cigarettes can become chemically dependent on tobacco faster than people think.
