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The tobacco industry says
"we don't want kids to smoke" but uses all kinds of tricks to
target young people - to replace the customers their products kill. But
society is fighting back, to protect kids against smoke exposure and
tobacco promotion.
ASH has compiled these resources for school students
and teachers on
what's happening in the war against tobacco - and the latest on its harmful effects and costs.
Our resources include:
LATEST
NEWS
ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS
USEFUL INFO AND RESOURCES
THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY AND YOUTH
ON THE
"LIGHTER" (OUCH!) SIDE
LATEST NEWS
Petition to break tobacco hold on
Indonesian rock fest
June
2011: Indonesia's biggest music fest, Java Rockin' Land 22-24 July
targets youth with discount student tickets. Sponsored by tobacco
company Gudang Garam. International acts from US, UK, Ireland,
Australia, Japan, Germany. Please take a minute to sign this petition
- each
sig sends email to acts' press agents and managers. And
pass it on!
Kate's model face
suffers the ravages of smoking
2009: Chain-smoking is robbing top model Kate Moss of her good looks,
friends claim. See
story with pic in Sydney
Morning Herald Life&Style feature 17/6/09 See
also Smokers'
acne face a bad look 24/9/07 and this interactive
photo-graphic game where you can use a photo on the site or
upload your own pic and then modify it the way smoking can.
Youth
call for plain tobacco packaging
2009: Youth groups have called for plain packaging of tobacco
products, in a statement on National Youth Tobacco Free Day.
See Cancer
Council ACT media release 27/3/09
Teen
girls who smoke are likely to be fatter as young adults
2008:
Teenage girls who smoke are more likely to be fatter young adults, says
research in the the American Journal of Public
Health. A study
of over 4000 twins shows smokers of more than ten a day can more
than double their risk of becoming overweight as young adults - by an average 1.34 inches larger than nonsmokers' waists.
See abstract
Smoking is linked with obesity in girls - and stunts boys: 2008 abstract -
and another (2007) study says adolescent smoking is linked with
obesity - especially for girls, and adjusting for other
factors. See abstract
Passive smoking suspect in teen
footballer's sudden death
2008: Doctors in Italy point to passive smoking as a
factor in the sudden death of a 13-year-old boy while playing soccer.
The autopsy on his death from heart failure noted that
tobacco smoke causes heart disease - and he lived
with four smokers. See abstract
"Smoker's acne face" a
bad look
2007: Study in British Journal of Dermatology
of smoking-related acne shows women aged 25-40 who smoke are
four times more likely to have it. See
ASH media
release 24/9/07 See study
and pic
Smoking
is a heartbreaker - even for the young at heart
2007: Young adult smokers may appear healthy, but smoking causes major harm to their
hearts. Regular smoking apparently harms the heart's ability to relax
between beats, reducing its pumping capacity.
See ASH/National
Heart Foundation media release 17/4/07
See study
abstract
Smoking
is NOT sexy
Another tobacco PR myth exposed - by this March 2005 survey from Glaxo
Smith Kline.
Clear
the air for better learning
US research shows passive smoke - even a small amount - shaves points
off kids' IQ, harming their reading, maths and reasoning abilities.
Kids
from smoky homes more likely to miss school
Behind those chronic respiratory-related absences may be a
smoky home environment. OK, we know some students might want
to miss a bit of school - but not to stay home coughing and wheezing!
ACTIVITIES
FOR STUDENTS
How smoking can change your face
Good interactive
photo-graphic game where you can use a photo on the site or
upload your own pic and then modify it the way smoking can.
Try our ASH
crossword no.2
Here's a fun and informative way of getting familiar with tobacco
issues, with our website, and with some other relevant
sites. A useful educational tool! Or
try our earlier ASH
crossword
The
Critics' Choice (NSW only)
Competition with prizes, for NSW secondary or primary schools,
involving assessing anti-smoking ads and other creative tasks. From the
NSW Dept of Education and Training.
Tobacco rapped: listen
to this anti-tobacco industry rap from Sydney group Men With Day Jobs at
indy site Back
Pocket Records. Go to Track 13 "The Truth Will Make You
MAD!" to hear the verse and chorus. The title came from a
tobacco-free youth slogan. Read the lyrics
(track 13 - verse 1 has a go at arms dealers, verse 2 is about tobacco).
Do you think there's any difference between an arms dealer and a tobacco
trader?
USEFUL INFO AND
RESOURCES
Great music
clip! See
this YouTube
video made for World No Tobacco Day 2010, it's a good rundown
on most of what you should know about smoking - what's in it, who's
doing it, and lots more. Set to a cool Fatboy Slim track.
Protecting
children from tobacco
ASH-led
campaign with factsheets on shop display of tobacco,
smoking in cars, the tobacco industry's targeting of youth - and what we
can do about it. A national coalition of health, child welfare,
parenting, education, church and other organisations is on the case.
Sites2see
NSW Dept of Education and Training webpages for secondary students
on Smoke-free
citizens (for Geography) and Proud
to be smoke-free (for PDHPE).
Smarter than Smoking
Good WA-based site for
people working in schools, communities and other youth settings. Info
and resources to help prevent young people from starting to smoke.
Secondary
student smoking rates (2005)
Latest
National Drug Strategy survey of student behaviours showing there are
still more than 140,000 Australian schoolchildren smoking at least
weekly - and almost a quarter are buying tobacco directly from
retailers.
Health effects of smoking
See brief
summary from The Cancer Council NSW - and note that the
evidence is growing all the time!
View our Slideshows.
Ghetto Science on smoking
Check this 3 minute YouTube
video shot in Sydney. A young American conducts a
simple but powerful experiment. Good how it doesn't talk down to you -
but a bit thoughtless how he flicks the cigarette away. And we
DON'T recommend you try it for yourself - unless you want to get the
stuff in YOUR lungs, and risk getting hooked.
OxyGen
Is a web site created and funded by the South Australian Smoking and
Health Project, Smarter than Smoking Project (WA) and Quit Victoria to
promote and encourage healthy lifestyle choices and provide information
on the impact of tobacco.
Smoking
in movies
Great Cancer Council
NSW webpages with links to taking action - including current
campaign:
Project Moving Target
Innovative Canadian program for school students, encouraging independent
thought on tobacco issues and Big Tobacco deception. Based on the book
You Are the Target by Georgina Lovell.
Cancer Council NSW
Resources for students in NSW. Free resources for teachers
including:
- Tobacco and the
environment (suitable for secondary school)
- Facts about passive
smoking
- Benefits of quitting
- Tobacco and the law
- Smoking statistics
- What's in cigarettes?
Cancer Foundation of WA
Resources for students in WA.
Tobacco-control
Resource Center Fact Sheets
Fact sheets on
tobacco advertising, economics of tobacco, the nurse's role, second-hand
smoke, prevalence surveys, product regulation, tobacco smuggling, youth
and cigarettes.
THE
TOBACCO INDUSTRY AND YOUTH
Tobacco
giant's resource for schools (not!)
Warning: Don't
be fooled by a school resource on smoking commissioned by the world's
largest tobacco company. See the scam pulled apart by a savvy academic.
"Unlawful,
deceptive and lethal"
See the tobacco industry's long and continuing history of unethical
conduct: misleading governments and the public, targeting young people,
undermining medical research.
ON THE
"LIGHTER" (OUCH!) SIDE...
Who?
Look who started his stellar acting career doing an anti-tobacco spot!
Blink and you'll miss him, young laddie standing at left with his hands
in his pockets in the first scene and reappears near the end. Warning:
heavy Scots accent may require translation. Whee-ooo! YouTube
video
Smokers get a bit of a shock when they
order a Smoking
taxi
Satire: Licensed
to Kill
Students will enjoy this: a satirical "cigarette company"
on a US site aiming to highlight government co-operation with tobacco companies, and
the nature of the industry behind the worldwide death and disease. The "brand" is
the brainchild of Essential Action, a corporate responsibility group
based in Washington DC.
Why
smokers are victims
Think smoking is cool and nonconformist? Think again.... An edgy
little niche campaign targeted at street media and aiming to challenge
youth. What's your reaction? Let us know at staffords@ashaust.org.au
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