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NewThe Health Consequences of Smoking on The Human Body
This interactive animation outlines the effects of smoking on the different organs of the human body and tips to stop smoking along with information on the health benefits of quitting.

NewWithin 20 Minutes of Quitting
This glossy-color poster features what happens within 20 minutes after smokers inhale that last cigarette, their bodies begin a series of changes that continue for years. Among these health improvements are a drop in heart rate, improved circulation, and reduced risk of heart attack, lung cancer and stroke.

NewThe Benefits of Quitting
This bright-color poster displays the benefits of quitting compared to smokers. Quitting smoking has immediate as well as long-term benefits, reducing risks for stroke, cancers, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ulcer, peripheral artery disease, and low-birth-weight infants.

Parenting Kit
Got a Minute? Give It to Your Kid is a social marketing campaign prepared for state and local tobacco control programs. The campaign attempts to help parents support cessation attempts and understand more about youth tobacco use.

SGR Tool Kit - Dispelling the Myths About Tobacco
A Community Toolkit for Reducing Tobacco Use Among Women

Secrets Through The Smoke
A 55-minute video that is divided into three separate parts to facilitate viewing and discussion. Featuring Jeffrey Wigand (The Insider), the video is intended primarily for use with middle and high school students, although "Secrets" can also be used with community leaders and policymakers, and as a training video for nonprofit health organizations.

SLAM
SLAM is a fifteen-minute video developed to help young people be more aware of the power and pervasiveness of cigarette advertising and to help them explore ways to resist the influences of the tobacco industry.

"Smoke Screeners" is an educational program that helps teach media literacy skills to young people.
 


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