ASH has compiled the
following resources for university and college students and staff - with
the latest news on current tobacco control research and developments,
and resources.
See our Tobacco-free
campuses page
- including our new Tobacco-free
campus guide
See also
our information
for school students and staff
NEWS
Youth
call for plain tobacco packaging
27/3/09: 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
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
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
National Youth Tobacco Free Day
For great ideas
on how to celebrate National Youth Tobacco Free Day, see the OxyGen
website.
Try our ASH
crossword 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 1
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 12 "The Truth Will Make You
MAD!" to hear the verse and chorus. The title came from a
tobacco-free youth slogan.
RESOURCES
See our new ASH
tobacco-free campus guide
Why universities and colleges should extend smokefree areas, end tobacco
sales and promotion, break links with the unethical tobacco industry,
and improve quit resources. Great examples and a step-by-step guide to
tobacco-free policymaking.
"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.
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.
Health effects of smoking
See brief
summary from The Cancer Council NSW - and note that the
evidence is growing all the time!
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 -
though a bit thoughtless how he flicks the cigarette away. And we
don't recommend you try it for yourself - unless you want to risk being
harmed and hooked.
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 site from The Cancer Council NSW. How the tobacco industry uses
under-counter placement to promote smoking - and what can be done. 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,
look at this "cigarette company" on a US site - highlighting government
co-operation with tobacco companies, and the nature of the industry behind
a global epidemic of death and disease. The
"brand" is the brainchild of Essential Action, a corporate
responsibility group based in Washington DC.
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