DESCRIPTION OF ABOVE VIDEOS:
"INTRODUCTION"- myths about smoking which explode into graphic truths (TRT: 2 min.)
"RAP"- a medically illustrated anti-smoking RAP song (TRT: 5 min.)
"SCIENCE"- medically illustrated patient histories with simple explanations of how smoking caused their diseases-- separate submenus on cancer, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, black lung, heart disease, complications of pregnancy, cosmetic effects and problems in teenagers (TRT: 24 min.)
"RAW TESTIMONIES" - personal testimonies from 7 teenagers and one adult on how smoking negatively affected their lives (TRT: 20 min.)
"WE'VE GOT THE POWER NOW"- personal testimonies from 7 teenage smokers on how smoking negatively affected their lives with respect to sports, money, dating, smell, appearance, addiction and health and on their advice to the young. (TRT: 12 min.)
"BEEN THERE, DONE THAT"
EIGHT FACTS ABOUT SMOKING:
FACT 1: MOST KIDS DON'T SMOKE AND PREFER TO DATE NON-SMOKERS!
FACT 2: TOBACCO SMOKE CONTAINS 200 POISONS 69 OF WHICH CAUSE CANCER; ONE OF WHICH (NICOTINE) CAUSES A VERY SEVERE ADDICTION!
FACT 3: IF YOU START TO SMOKE, THERE IS A HUGE RISK THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP!
FACT 4: IF YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO SMOKE STOP NOW, BECAUSE LATER ON IT WILL BECOME MUCH HARDER TO DO! (Because continued smoking creates more and more permanent nicotine receptors in your brain)
Reference: American Lung Association, Surgeon General's Report, July 1994, web videos cited above or ask any pack a day smoker.
FACT 5: IF YOU CONTINUE TO SMOKE, THE RISK THAT YOU WILL SUFFER AND DIE EARLY DIRECTLY BECAUSE OF IT IS FIFTY PERCENT (50%)!
FACT 6: SMOKING CAUSES DECREASED LUNG GROWTH, PRECANCEROUS
LUNG MUTATIONS AND EARLY HARDENING OF THE CORONARY ARTERIES IN TEENAGERS! THESE LEAD TO SUFFERING AND EARLY DEATH!
Reference: Surgeon General's Report July 1994, World Health Organization, web videos cited above or visit any hospital.
FACT 7: BIG TOBACCO COMPANIES SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR
ON IMAGE ADVERTISING OF THEIR LETHAL PRODUCT TO MANIPULATE YOU INTO
BUYING IT!
(Their ineffective, non-image "smoking prevention" TV ads designed to avoid lawsuits and to get kids to start smoking by making it an adult only activity don't count.)
FACT 8: SMOKING IS LIKE PAYING SOMEONE TO KILL YOU!----- THEY'RE RICH, YOU'RE DEAD!!!
Reference: Your own common sense
IN YOUR FACE! SMOKER'S MOUTH SPEAKS OUT! ( click here )
TAKE ACTION BY SENDING A MESSAGE TO YOUR GOVERNOR! (Florida)
TAKE ACTION BY SENDING A MESSAGE TO YOUR GOVERNOR! (All States)