ASH has compiled the
following resources for university students and post-graduate students
on current tobacco control research, initiatives and training.
NEWS
Death
of irreverent anti-tobacco campaigner
January 2008: Read about the colourful and defiant life of Lord
Bloody Wog Rolo, former billboard activist. SMH
report 17/1/08
More on
anti-tobacco satirical activism: Chapman S. "Civil disobedience and
tobacco control: the case of BUGA UP." Tobacco
Control article ; also Powerpoint set of BUGA UP's
"greatest hits" can be found here
(second from the end)
ABC-TV's "The Chaser" visits a tobacco company!!
YouTube
vid 2007
Late 2007: Have a look
what happens when the fearless and irreverent satirical team sends a
composite "victim" into the belly of the beast...
"Smoker's acne face" a
bad look
September '07: Study in British Journal of Dermatology
identifies smoking-related acne and shows women aged 25-40 who smoke are
four times more likely to have acne.
ASH media
release 24/9/07 See study
Smoking
is a heartbreaker - even for the young at heart
17/4/07: Though young adult smokers may appear healthy, smoking causes
significant harm to their hearts, says a Polish study in Chest journal.
Regular smoking apparently harms the heart's ability to relax between
beats, reducing its pumping capacity.
ASH/National
Heart Foundation media release 17/4/07
See study
abstract
For great ideas on how you can celebrate National
Youth Tobacco Free Day
2008, go to the OxyGen website at
www.OxyGen.org.au
Indian
students stage anti-tobacco show
June 2005: Media report on students from an Indian educational institute
putting on an innovative educational travelling show against
tobacco.
Smoking
is NOT sexy (2005)
Another tobacco PR myth exposed - by this March 2005 survey from Glaxo
Smith Kline.
ACTIVITIES
Try our NEW ASH
crossword 2 (2005)
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 1
RESOURCES
Health effects of smoking
See brief
summary (2005) from The Cancer Council NSW - and note that the
evidence is growing all the time! Or for a bit more detail, see
Australian government 2006 factsheet How
smoking harms your health.
Ghetto Science on smoking
Check this 3 minute YouTube
video shot in Sydney in which a young American conducts a
simple but powerful experiment. Good how it doesn't talk down to you -
though it's a bit thoughtless how he flicks the cigarette away. And we
don't recommend you try it for yourself - unless you want to get hooked
on it and finish up with all that stuff on YOUR lungs.
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
Smoking
in movies
Great new site from The Cancer Council NSW - very youth-friendly,
features young pro surfer Beau Mitchell. Lots of info, links, "Dob
Squad" activity and a competition. Check it!
Tobacco
Control Supersite
Newly updated University of Sydney website
for students - including training courses in advocacy. Has lots of great
internal docs from Big Tobacco.
Big
Tobacco Sucks
New American-based site with news on misdeeds of transnational tobacco
and actions for students through their institutions.
Tobacco Free initiative
Information about World Health Organisation tobacco control
initiatives, major international reports, and WHO publications, reports
and fact sheets.
Licensed
to Kill
For a satirical approach, have a
look at this new "cigarette company", launched online in the
US, to draw attention to government collusion in the formation and
operation of tobacco companies, and to the nature of the industry behind
the global epidemic of tobacco-related death and disease. The
"brand" is the brainchild of Essential Action, a corporate
responsibility groups based in Washington DC.
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