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NSTEP also works with the dental and tobacco control communities on year-round, sustainable education about smokeless tobacco. "We tell people it doesn't matter if you smoke, dip, chew, or snort it," Mr. Turner noted. "Tobacco's harmful." NSTEP also goes to spring training every year to offer oral health screenings, brush biopsies, and cessation counseling to the players. One of NSTEP's most compelling spokesmen was Bill Tuttle, a former Major League Baseball player who was diagnosed with oral cancer and underwent surgery that disfigured his face. "He and his wife, Gloria, educated a lot of kids and adults about the heath problems caused by spit tobacco," recalled Mr. Turner. "They often went to spring training and convinced a lot of ball players to stop. Bill died 3 years ago of cancer. It finally got him." Because of its success in baseball, Oral Health America is now expanding NSTEP to reach fans of other sports, including auto racing, rodeo, hockey, fishing, and hunting. NSTEP has developed a wide range of materials that public health departments can use in their tobacco-free sports campaigns. For information about NSTEP and its educational materials, visit www.nstep.org* or call Tina Grikmanis at 1/800/523-3438. |
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Because of this strong support, the tobacco-free sports movement is gaining momentum in many different sports arenas:
For more information about CDC's activities in tobacco-free sports, go to www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sports_initiatives_splash.htm or call 1/770/488-5705 and press 3. * Links to non-Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link.
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