Web Resources and secondary school levels to teach people on how to end antigay prejudice Its mission is to provide honest information about nicotine addiction, http://www.bvsd.k12.co.us/sapp/SAPPLinkResources.html
Extractions: SAPP Web Resources BVSD Home This page last modified September 6, 2005 Boulder County Youth Em power ment Program Application Application is Due Friday, September 30, 2005! Click here for an application! The Substance Abuse Prevention Project (SAPP), also known as Boulder Valley Safe and Drug-Free Schools, recognizes the following websites for their credibility and accuracy. Please be aware that web addresses change often. About Our Kids http://www.aboutourkids.org/ This web site from the New York University 's Child Study Center is dedicated to advancing the field of mental health for children and their families through evidence-based practice, science, and education. With an emphasis on early diagnosis and intervention, a multi-disciplinary team of professionals translates scientific developments and procedures into everyday techniques for parents, educators, pediatricians, and other mental health professionals. http://education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/adol.html ADOL is an electronic guide to information on adolescent issues. It is a service of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University . Teens can use ADOL to find resources on a variety of topics, including alcohol and other drugs, violence prevention, peer mediation, eating disorders, depression, obesity, AIDS, sexuality, and acne.
Hfacts9 It has been tested out with a number of secondary school pupils and undergraduates . The health consequences of smoking nicotine addiction. http://www.dur.ac.uk/comparative.publichealth/healthfacts/hfacts9.htm
Extractions: HEALTH FACTS Special Issue, March 1998 Bulletin of the Centre for Health Studies. ISSN 1367-7705 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT FOR NO SMOKING DAY 11 March 1998 Tobacco is the only consumer product that kills you when used as the manufacturer intends ASH, UK (The Campaign for Freedom from Tobacco) Targets to Reduce Illness and Premature Deaths The Government Green Paper , " Our Healthier Nation. A contract for Health" ( United Kingdom, Parliament, 1998 focuses on four priority areas of illness. One of these areas is HEART DISEASE AND STROKE. The target is to reduce the death rate from these conditions amongst people under 65 years by at least a further third (33%) by the year 2010 Can this be achieved? The answer is we do not know: we have not been able to achieve the previous targets set by the Government ( Cheung et al, 1997 smoking prevalence among young people is on the increase: "In 1996 28% of boys aged 15 and 33% of girls aged 15 smoked and these figures are rising." Office of National Statistics, 1998:21 "some of the crucial factors leading to a higher risk of heart disease and stroke, such as smoking and obesity, are currently worsening or not improving ..."
Extractions: Hispanic/Latino Americans Studies have shown that many Hispanic/Latino youth can be considered at high risk for substance abuse problems. The rapidly increasing number of Hispanic/Latino youth in this Nation, and the multiple antecedent risk factors suggest that substance abuse prevention must be a leading priority in our Hispanic/Latino communities. In this publication, the term "Hispanic/Latino Americans" comprises populations from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Cuba, Central and South America, and Spain who reside in the United States. This term is used to represent the diversity of these problems. Information is a primary tool in understanding the nature of substance abuse problems and effective prevention. This Resource Guide provides information and referrals to help prevention specialists, educators, and community leaders better meet the needs of the Hispanic/Latino community. Elaine M. Johnson, Ph.D.
Extractions: Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of premature disease and death in the United States as well as in Texas. Nationally, tobacco use is related to more than 400,000 deaths each year. While it has been widely known for several decades that smoking causes lung cancer, in 1996 M.D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers established the causation link between a carcinogen found in cigarette smoke and a genetic mutation that can lead to cancer. Tobacco use also has a strong association with many cancers, including cancers of the larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, and cervix. Spit tobacco, such as chewing tobacco and snuff, causes various forms of oral cancer. The effect that tobacco use has on the cancer mortality rate is staggering. Smoking is responsible for about 87 percent of lung cancer deaths each year. In 1997, approximately 9,400 people in Texas and approximately 140,000 people nationwide died from lung cancer as a result of smoking About one-third of all cancer deaths can be attributed to tobacco use
House Of Commons - Health - Written Evidence nicotine addiction per se has none of the adverse societal effects routineprimary and secondary medical care, dentistry and other health care provision http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmhealth/
Extractions: The College has played a leading role in addressing public health concerns for much of the past 50 years, most notably in the area of tobacco control. Its work has, and continues to be, informed by the experience and expertise of our Fellows and Members who deal with the consequences of unhealthy behaviour, often seeing patients who are suffering from the combined effects of smoking, alcohol misuse, obesity and sexual disease. We note that much of the current debate about public health has focused on the pros and cons of "government intervention" versus "individual responsibility". While we support the notion of freedom of choice, it is clear to us that the serious medical consequences of smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol and sexually transmitted disease requires decisive leadership and action by Government and can only be successfully achieved through:
Extractions: Flu and influenza are common illnesses experienced by many. Even so, influenza pandemics can change a culture and make an imprint on history. Often the origin of influenza pandemics takes months, and sometimes years, to determine. Sometimes the cause is never identified. Students can explore how some of the world's most famous pandemic outbreaks such as the 1918 influenza outbreak in the United States, the Hong Kong flu, the Asian Flu of 1957, the 1976 Swine Flu, and the 1997 Avian Flu have changed history. Compare how each country dealt with the outbreak, how the outbreak affected the populations, and the various modes of treatment and causes of disease. After compiling their research, students may write a newspaper article reporting on a famous epidemic through the eyes of someone who may have lived through the time of crisis. Students can also write a position paper as an expert preparing for a panel discussion on the prevention of future epidemic outbreaks. Online Resources
Department Of Health Sciences designed to explore nicotine dependency/addiction and smoking cessation options . HSCI 4379 Methods and Techniques of Teaching health Education http://www.ualr.edu/catalog/2004/04-05 Catalog-19-06.shtml
Extractions: Wright, Rusty The health sciences program is designed to prepare students as health professionals in community health agencies, health maintenance organizations, and wellness programs in business and industry. It is also designed to prepare students to enter graduate programs. A minor in health sciences and a minor in health and exercise science are also offered. The health sciences program offers leisure science and wellness courses to help students develop appreciation, knowledge, and understanding of the importance of exercise to daily living; gain knowledge and understanding about how the human body moves; and develop the ability to apply this knowledge. Leisure science and wellness courses also help students develop a satisfactory level of skill in leisure time activities such as sports and aquatics. A basic understanding of the body and its functions can be gained through leisure science and wellness offerings. Emphasis is placed on developing an individual lifetime program to improve health-related components of fitness and wellness. Students who select health sciences as a major must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours with a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or better and must have completed HSCI 1370 Personal Health (or an equivalent course) with a grade of C or greater. Students who entered UALR by contract must complete the contract before they are eligible for admission to the health sciences program. Decisions regarding course equivalency and situations in which students have tested out of courses or transferred credit from other programs will be made by the program coordinator.
Extractions: HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ... TABLE OF CONTENTS This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager ... Cited by other online articles PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by BRITTON, J. Articles by GODFREY, C. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 164, Number 1, July 2001, 13-15 Treating Nicotine Addiction Not a Medical Problem? JOHN BRITTON, MARTIN JARVIS, ANN McNEILL, CLIVE BATES, LINDA CUTHBERTSON, and CHRISTINE GODFREY Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, and Royal College of Physicians of London, London; Department of Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom
Nicotine Addiction NCADI http//www.health.org/; Society for Research on nicotine and Tobacco Committee on Preventing nicotine addiction in Children and Youths. http://www.quitsmoking.com/info/articles/nicotine/nicotine5.htm
Tobacco At WVU s Robert C. Byrd health Sciences Center, health professionals are nicotine addiction. West Virginia is number one in adolescent cigarette use http://www.ia.wvu.edu/~magazine/sum98/tobacco.html
Extractions: WVU's Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center. S tand outside almost any high school or office building in West Virginia, and you'll smell it: the stale odor of tobacco smoke. Look down. Chances are, you're standing on a cigarette butt. "West Virginia is number one in adolescent cigarette use and number one in adolescent smokeless tobacco use. We're in the top two or three in adult use of tobacco products," says Elbert Glover, Ph.D., director of the Tobacco Research Center at WVU's Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center. "Altogether, I'd say we've got the worst tobacco problem in the country. "We've specifically zeroed in on cessation," says Dr. Glover. "People call us to see what really works for the patient who wants to quit." WVU's Tobacco Research Center has tested more nicotine drugs than any other center in the country, he says. "We've conducted studies with nicotine patches, gum, nasal spray, oral inhalers and tablets, and with antidepressant medicines which can help people quit." The strength of the program, he says, is its continuing work with nicotine-addicted patients. "We've helped thousands of people quit. I see them in the grocery store, or in the line at the movie theater, and they come over to say they're still not smoking."
MS Tobacco Education Resource Center health EDCO; 15 Minutes. Younger Children, secondary Prevention Powerful footageof tobacco industry leaders denying the addictive nature of nicotine. http://www.msterc.org/main-video.php
Extractions: Call us at 1-877-303-8372 for availability. In order to checkout the following videos, you will need to download the Video Checkout Slip (PDF), print it and fax it to the Family Health Resource Center. To download, simply RIGHT click the link and choose Save Target As (IE users), Save As Save Link As Audience Topic Title African Americans Multicultural Communities Beginning the Journey...to Control Fast paced video aimed at young Afican Americans/women smokers. Empower them to take control of their health and make a commitment to themselves to stop smoking African American Multicultural Communities Community Under Siege This video explains the prevalence of tobacco advertising and smoking in the African American community and offers strategies to counter pro-tobacco incluences. Teens and Adults Secondary Prevention This video answers the questions: What is asthma? How did I get it? What medications should I take? Can it be cured? How do I learn to live with it? Grades Pre K-3 Educators/Youth/Curricula Don't Say Yes When You Really Mean No!
A South Carolina Nicotine Dependency Battle Plan Imagine political leaders taking a slice of the nicotine addiction profits How can we expect a lone smoking prevention school health educator to stop http://whyquit.com/sc/battleplan.html
Extractions: The First Battle: Moral Corruption Legal or not, there is little debate among addiction experts, nicotine truly is more addictive than heroin or cocaine . Imagine political leaders taking a slice of the nicotine addiction profits pie to help finance their re-election while telling our more than 700,000 chemically captive citizens, from whose pockets the nicotine dollars actually came, that the politician's integrity to a pledge of "no new taxes" prevents them from battling to help save their lives. Such blatant hypocrisy is not just in violation of Gods law , and in breach of their oath and promise to protect the public health, it says yes to annually enslaving 18,000 of our children, yes to the chemical relapse of almost all of the of S.C. smokers annually making serious attempts to quit, and yes to more than 6,000 annual preventable deaths. It doesnt demonstrate principled convictions but unprincipled self-indulgence willing to betray voter trust in becoming an accomplice to destroying the health, freedom and life expectancy of hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians. Funding the War If moral integrity is ever restored to the Legislature and a majority become committed to declaring war on our state's #1 killer - chemical addiction to smoking nictoine - they will require a dependable funding source and a solid battle plan. It is hoped that this page will help our caring Legislators realize that victory is not complete simply by substantially increasing the tobacco tax but by devoting a healthy portion of the new revenues toward creating an avenue of escape for the 700,000 captive taxpayers
Lungs Are For Life :: FAQ Teachers and health professionals have designed the revised teaching modules . of these students still smoke eight years later due to nicotine addiction. http://www.ophea.net/Ophea/Ophea.net/lungsfaq.cfm
Extractions: Why should I order Lungs Are For Life? Adolescence is the usual starting time for smokers and almost all adult smokers began smoking before they could legally buy cigarettes. It is vital to reach these young people in order to help them develop the skills that they will need to become and/or stay smoke-free all their lives. The Lungs Are For Life program is designed to help students develop the skills they will need to prevent them from smoking or using other harmful drugs such as cannabis and alcohol. Reaching young people before their first cigarette is one of the goals of the Lungs Are For Life program. The completely revised Lungs Are For Life program provides students in Kindergarten to Grade 12 with information on health and social consequences and attempts to motivate students to resist pressures to use substances. In addition, this program helps students:
Okanagansunday deliberately manipulated nicotine with ammonia to make it more addictive. Tuesday s workshop at the Penticton health Unit was designed to teach http://you-are-the-target.com/okanagansunday.html
Extractions: She addressed students at elementary and high schools from Princeton through Vernon, ran a workshop for peer mentors at the Penticton Health Unit and held public information sessions at Okanagan University College. When she speaks, Lovell teaches her young audience what she calls "tobacco awareness."
The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit :: Principal Investigators She was lead editor on nicotine and Public health, published by the He practicesaddiction medicine with a special focus on addiction during pregnancy. http://www.otru.org/investigators.html
Extractions: Susan Bondy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. She received her MSc in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Western Ontario and PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto. Her areas of research include: monitoring of alcohol and tobacco use and public opinions on tobacco control policies; psychoactive substance use and associated health problems; and, health services research particularly in the area cancer detection and treatment. She has experience training graduate students and public health professionals in the analysis and use of survey methods and data in population health. Susan also holds status appointments with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, and Clinical Epidemiology at Sunnybrook and Women's Health Sciences Centre. Contact Susan Bondy.
Extractions: Here are some key funding institutions that provide financial support to graduate students for work in tobacco control. This list is not exhaustive so we encourage students to investigate other funding opportunities through your university's grant office. Please visit the funding agency web sites for more detailed descriptions of programs, specific eligibility criteria, funding and application deadlines. The purpose of the studentship program is to increase the tobacco research capacity in Ontario by developing a future cadre of tobacco researchers and practitioners. The studentships build on the network of tobacco researchers in Ontario and allow for research into tobacco control, covering a wide variety of topic areas including interventions, policy, programs and health effects. To be eligible to apply for a studentship, an applicant must meet ALL of the following criteria: Note: A Student whose primary supervisor is not an OTRU Investigator1 is not restricted from applying for an award. However, successful applicants must have an OTRU Investigator as a member of their supervisory committee prior to receiving their award. Students who do not currently have an OTRU Investigator on their committee are encouraged to contact the OTRU Awards Officer early in the process to discuss potential OTRU-affiliated committee members.
Director's Report 9/98 - New Publications/Videos This teaching packet was developed to provide health practitioners, The Directorhighlights NIDA s nicotine addiction research in his column, http://www.nida.nih.gov/DirReports/DirRep998/DirectorReport12.html
Extractions: This monograph provides definitions of prevention program types, discusses effect sizes to be expected from program delivery, assesses in financial and social terms the benefits to society that result from effective drug abuse prevention programs and policies. The monograph will have a variety of important uses to include guiding future developments in prevention programming, informing policy makers, legislators, and program managers concerning advanced prevention program strategies that work, and disseminating to the scientific research community an overview of the state-of-the-art of drug abuse prevention as reflected by a critical review of extant drug abuse prevention research. National Conference on Drug Abuse Prevention: Presentations, Papers, and Recommendations NIH Pub. 98-4293
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Teen Tobacco Use, HYG-5156-96 nicotine is considered the number one entrance into other substance abuse. to teach consequences of tobacco use as a part of health education. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5156.html
Extractions: Lisa Gorman Ninety percent of smokers begin smoking by the age of 19. Nicotine is considered the number one entrance into other substance abuse. Adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 who smoke daily are 15 times more likely to use illicit drugs than their peers. Substance abuse is a learned behavior. Teens who begin smoking learn to use the substance. The earlier youth begin using tobacco, the more likely they will continue use into adulthood. Why is tobacco use addicting? The nicotine in tobacco acts as a stimulant, depressant, or tranquilizer depending on the dosage. An individual builds up tolerance to tobacco use, requiring larger doses to maintain a certain physiological effect. When the body becomes accustomed to the presence of nicotine, it then requires the chemical to function normally. This level of dependence is referred to as an addiction. Teens who are addicted to tobacco have several common experiences. A number of them tried their first cigarette in the sixth or seventh grade. Smokers often do not perform well at school. They do not feel they are a part of school and are isolated from those students who are active in sports. Most of the smokers feel they have little hope of going to college or getting a good job after high school. They also report addictions to other substances, such as alcohol. They experience pressure from home and school, and use tobacco as a form of relief. In addition, teen smokers enjoy trying to hide their smoking or outwit school administration. This has made school more fun for some tobacco users.
