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Links
Tobacco and Kids: The Facts
http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/nov96/handouts.htm
Broad summary of issues from the Center for Tobacco-Free Kids.
tobaccofreekids.org Special Report: Big Tobacco: Still Addicting Kids
http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/addicting/
Research reports on tobacco industry and marketing to kids bofore and after the Master Settlement Agreement with the states in November 1998.
Young People and Smoking
http://newash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_108.pdf
Factsheet from ASH-UK covers prevalence, influences, effects, addiction, and prevention.
Young Smokers Risk Greater Genetic Damage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/health/background_briefings/smoking/313203.stm
Tobacco products cause more lung cancer to smokers who start young, recent research finds; scientists think it may relate to the impact of smoking at an age when the lungs are still developing.
Youth and Tobacco Facts
http://www.no-smoke.org/learnmore.php?id=202
Factsheet on youth and tobacco from Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights.
Youth Tobacco Issues: A Roundtable Discussion
http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_3332.htm
Session from health conference on smoking influences, smokefree programs and policies, and engaging youth in tobacco control activities.
