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Reality
Check
Reality Check is a youth-led anti-tobacco industry
movement developed by the NYS Department of Health
Tobacco Control Program. The movement encourages
New York State youth to expose the tobacco industry’s
manipulative marketing practice, which targets youth to
be replacement smokers.
JOIN
MANHASSET'S
REALITY CHECK TEAM
Some Photos from Youth Summit 2006 |
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The Cool Spot
Quizzes, downloads and information on alcohol
and resisting peer pressure.
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The Brandon Silveria Story
"Students at Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield strained
to make out the mostly garbled words of the morning's featured
speaker.
'I had the world at my fingertips," Brandon Silveria said,
struggling with every syllable in a speech he has delivered
hundreds of times to students across the country. 'It all
changed with one stupid mistake.'"...
read more
Consequences of Smoking on the Body:
the Animation
As kids (and adults) click through this interactive animation
and see teeth,
eyes and other organs damaged by smoking, they are likely to be
grossed
out, but that's a good thing, right? This
3-D animated summary
of the 2004
Surgeon General's Report also contains tips to stop smoking
and info on the
health benefits of quitting.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2004/sgranimation/flash/index.html
The Citizens' Commission to Protect
the Truth has been formed to help
ensure the continuation of truth®, the successful youth
anti-smoking media campaign. The Commission is seeking one
million signatures on its petition.
Learn more and sign the petition at
The
Citizens' Commission to Protect the Truth
Strategies for dealing with a friend who drinks and drives
:
Sometimes we find ourselves in situations that can be difficult
to know how to handle. This brochure gives you strategies for
dealing with a friend who drinks and drives - a potentially
lethal combination. It suggests what you can do to protect your
safety and how you may be able to even help them.
http://www.madd.org/getdoc/f68a368f-0a98-42dd-8dcd-dcfe077dd944/
Broch-Someone-You-Know.aspx
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