Healthy School Team

Sarah Walker
723-5159
Katrina Wright
723-5159
Tobacco Zone Free LOGO

"You're in the Zone!"

Welcome to the Healthy School Team Webpage!

OUR MISSION STATEMENT: 

Increase the school population’s awareness of the dangers of using tobacco 

OUR GOALS: 

Provide information and resources to aid those who want to stop using tobacco

Provide information and resources regarding the negative, health effects of tobacco

Cigarettes with NO sign
Broken cigarette, hard yes. Impossible no

Take the Pledge. Get Support. Join Others

http://www.smokefree.gov/

http://health.state.tn.us/tobaccoquitline.htm

For Families (free car magnet or backpack pin)

http://www.realparentsrealanswers.com/resources/pledge-program-tobacco-free-me/   

Text your "I Quit"

http://smokefree.gov/smokefreetxt/default.aspx

 Military http://www.ucanquit2.org/train2quit.aspx

QuitGuideApp http://www.smokefree.gov/apps/

           

Why should I quit?  What are the benefits?

Health Benefits 20 minutes After Quitting:

http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/quit-smoking-timeline#9          

http://whyquit.com/                                                  

http://www.gwu.edu/quitsmoking/health.html

http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/afterquitting/a/quitting20minut.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2004/posters/20mins/index.htm  

Know Some of the Related DiseasesKnow Some of the Related Diseases

http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/symptoms-stages-lung-cancer

http://www.cancer.org/Healthy/StayAwayfromTobacco/GuidetoQuittingSmoking/guide-to-quitting-smoking-why-quit

http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/smoking-cessation/why-should-i-quit-smoking.htm

 http://lungcancer.about.com/od/causesoflungcance1/a/effectsofsmoking.htm

How much money will I save?   Tobacco Savings Calculator:

http://smoking-cessation.org/smoking_cessation_nicotine_addiction.asp

http://www.tobacco-facts.info/cost_to_society.htm

http://www.cigarettesflavours.com/tobacco-industry/7-pack-of-cigarettes-costs-society

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Two Cigarettes burning
Break the Chain Text
4 cigarettes align
Lungs Xray
Marlboro Cigarette Package
Big Tobacco Industries Lie! They ARE targeting YOU!   

Are you a replacement smoker?

http://www.cigarettesflavours.com/tobacco-marketing-strategies/

http://www.tobacco-facts.info/tobacco_documents.htm

http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/bw.html

 http://www.tobacco.org/quotes.php

 http://no-smoke.org/document.php?id=284

 http://www.tobacco.org/resources/documents/secretdocuments.html

 http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/big-tobacco-surveillance-quotes

 http://www.no-smoke.org/getthefacts.php?id=65

 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/12/canada-tobacco-idUKL2E8EC5MP20120312

 http://www.breathing.com/you-are-the-target.htm

 http://tobaccodocuments.org/

Be Supportive! Send an E-Card to Someone Who Has Pledged to Quit.

 http://www2c.cdc.gov/ecards/message/message.asp?cardid=82&category=201

 http://www2c.cdc.gov/ecards/index.asp?category=201

http://www.cancer.org/Involved/E-cards/index

Twisted Cigarette
Holding Cigarette like injecting to the arm
Man smoking with sign warning cigarettes are addictive

Myth #1: "If tobacco products were harmful, companies wouldn't be allowed to make or sell them."  

Learn how quickly nicotine's effect can make you an addict.        

http://www.health.com/health/condition-article/0,,20210696,00.html

http://www.quityoursmokingaddiction.com/why_is_smoking_so_addictive.php

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsid.644/healthissue_detail.asp

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/tobac-tabac/quit-cesser/now-maintenant/road-voie/addictive-dependance-eng.php

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11741/

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/287555-

20 minutes After Quitting

http://smoking-cessation.org/content/twentyminutesafter.asp

Myth #2: "Secondhand Smoke doesn't affect the people in my car if I roll down the window."  

Learn just how dangerous secondhand smoke is.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/ETS

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/secondhandsmoke.html

http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/

http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/effects-of-secondhand-smoke

http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/TobaccoCancer/secondhand-smoke

http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/healtheffects.html

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/health_effects/
Sign To be Tobacco Free
With Cigarettes the Word NO
Teeth full Nicotine
Smile with damaged teeth with Nicotine

Myth #3: Chewing tobacco is safer than cigarettes."

Get the facts about the dangers of chewing tobacco.

http://www.quit-smoking-central.com/chewing-tobacco-pictures.html

http://smoking.ygoy.com/2010/09/26/chewing-tobacco-effects/

http://www.notosmoke.com/herbal-smoking-articles/effects-of-tobacco.htm

http://www.killthecan.org/robs/side_effects.asp

http://teens.webmd.com/features/smokeless-tobacco

http://ic.steadyhealth.com/chewing_tobacco_side_effects.html

https://www.cancercenter.com/after-care-services/chewing.cfm

http://www.chewingtobacco.com/Chewing-Tobacco-Effects.html

Myth #4: "When I'm pregnant and I smoke, it only affects me."

Read about the dangers of smoking before, during, and after pregnancy.

http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20110826/snuff-use-during-pregnancy-harmful-to-newborns

http://www.livestrong.com/article/172303-long-term-effects-of-tobacco-on-a-fetus/

http://www.marchofdimes.com/pregnancy/alcohol_smoking.html

http://www.livestrong.com/article/121941-nicotine-effects-fetus/

http://med.stanford.edu/medicalreview/smrp14-16.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/tobaccoUsePregnancy/index.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080228174830.htm

Unborn with thumb in mouth
Baby crying in incubator
Sign Don't throw cigarette ends on the floor
Yellow and blue Butterfly

Myth #5:  "Tobacco products aren't harmful to the environment."

Learn how tobacco products pollute and damage the earth.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/12481.php

http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/cigarette-butts-one-huge-problem-two-solutions.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/01596/environment.html

http://brooke-cromar.suite101.com/toxic-litter-butts-a212294

http://nostinkybutts.com/

http://www.preventcigarettelitter.org/

http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/cigaretteingredients/a/ciglitter.htmp 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697937/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21504921d

http://www.livestrong.com/article/175352-how-smoking-causes-pollution/

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6312-cigarettes-more-polluting-than-diesel-exhaust.html

Myth #6:  "Tobacco products only contain nicotine and tobacco."

Read about the over 400 chemicals added to tobacco products.

http://www.curezone.com/art/read.asp?ID=4&db=12&C0=1

http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/nicotineinhaler/a/cigingredients.htm

http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/chemicalsinsmoke/a/chemicalshub.htm

http://www.livestrong.com/article/154076-which-toxins-are-found-in-cigarette-smoke/

 

Watch the Video of a Previous Smoker:

http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press_releases/post/2012_03_15_cdc

Lung Xray
Skull with two cigarettes burnng
Opened mouth, red lips with cigarette
Red Lips

Myth #7:Tobacco use affects males and females in the same way.

Know the facts.  Tobacco use affects females differently than males.

http://women.smokefree.gov/Default.aspx

http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/facts-figures/women-and-tobacco-use.html

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2001/index.htm

http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what_we_do/industry_watch/womens_report

 

Watch the Video of a Previous Smoker and Hear Her Message  http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press_releases/post/2012_03_15_cdc

 

Be Part of a Summer Quit Program:

http://women.smokefree.gov/women_who_quit.aspx                                                                                                                     

                                          Be a Leader! Make a Difference!

 http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/tips-how-talk-friends-and-family-about-their-smoking-habit