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1. Arizona Smokers' Helpline
2. National Institute on Drug Abuse
3. NoTobacco.org
4. Reality Illinois (smoking)
5. Smoking Among America's Youth
6. Smoking From All Sides
7. Truth Behind the Curtain
8. Truth in Advertising, A Collection of Vintage Cigarette Advertisements from the Age of Innocence.

Arizona Smokers' Helpline
http://www.ashline.org/ASH/index.html

Ever want to quit smoking? Well this site is for you. This site would be for people facing that problem. This site is run by the University of Arizona and has a lot of information to quit smoking. Even though it is very hard to quit smoking this site is so good I'm sure it has helped many people. It is aimed for people in heir teens but it could be used for adults too. If you are also afraid someone will pressure you into smoking this site has many great links and information on that. This site has helped many people; maybe it could help you too.

• Student Author: Kevin B.
• Teacher: Melody Marpohl
• This site helped Melody Marpohl's class answer the question(s) "How do topics such as terrorism, global warming, homelessness, drug abuse, drunk driving and smoking affect teens? What can teens do to help? Where can more information be found?"
• Librarian: Renee Hoxie
• School: Thomas Jefferson Middle School
• Year: 2001-2002

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National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov/

Would you like to learn about drug abuse? If you would, this site will give you loads of information that will be very useful! This site doesn't really have a home page. It has a bunch of links that lead to many related topics. Since it is about drug abuse, you can pick out different types of drugs that you want information about. It has health hazards and tells about the extent of usage. This site would be appropriate for students, parents and teachers and also researchers.

• Student Author: Meghan W.
• Teacher: Melody Marpohl
• This site helped Melody Marpohl's class answer the question(s) "How do topics such as terrorism, global warming, homelessness, drug abuse, drunk driving and smoking affect teens? What can teens do to help? Where can more information be found?"
• Librarian: Renee Hoxie
• School: Thomas Jefferson Middle School
• Year: 2001-2002

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NoTobacco.org
http://notobacco.org/

If you have an interest in learning about smoking but don't want to read boring articles, this is the site for you. It has nice pictures and a video you can watch. It tells about other sites you can visit. If you smoke, it gives many tips to help you try to quit. So if you want to learn about smoking in a fun way, I would recommend this site.

• Student Author: Ally
• Teacher: Joanne Cardarella
• This site helped Joanne Cardarella's class answer the question(s) "How has tobacco advertising encouraged people to smoke? What are the health effects of smoking? Is there information available specifically for teens about smoking? What does smoking information say to teens?"
• Librarian: Jolen Neumann
• School: Black Hawk Middle School
• Year: 2002-2003

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Reality Illinois (smoking)
http://www.realityillinois.com/html/home/index.asp

Reality Illinois is an "in your face, stand-up-and-shout, not-taking-it anymore" anti-tobacco movement created by and for Illinois teens. The folks at the Illinois Department of Health are behind this site and they give you the cold hard facts about smoking! There are quick links you can use to learn the truth about tobacco advertising and you can even give your opinion about smoking in the "Speak Out" link. Didn't get enough info. from this site??? Doubtful…but just in case you didn't, you can click on a link from the huge list of links to other sites!

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• Teacher: Joanne Cardarella
• This site helped Joanne Cardarella's class answer the question(s) "How has tobacco advertising encouraged people to smoke? What are the health effects of smoking? Is there information available specifically for teens about smoking? What does smoking information say to teens?"
• Librarian: Jolen Neumann
• School: Black Hawk Middle School
• Year: 2002-2003

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Smoking Among America's Youth
http://pcr-inc.com/healthpsych/smoke.html

This is an easy to read site with lots of information about smoking. This site focuses on America's youth. It has frightening information about how tobacco companies are targeting their ads towards teens. You'll find many links to other smoking related web pages.

• Student Author: Sara
• Teacher: Joanne Cardarella
• This site helped Joanne Cardarella's class answer the question(s) "How has tobacco advertising encouraged people to smoke? What are the health effects of smoking? Is there information available specifically for teens about smoking? What does smoking information say to teens?"
• Librarian: Jolen Neumann
• School: Black Hawk Middle School
• Year: 2002-2003

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Smoking From All Sides
http://smokingsides.com/

46% of high schoolers drop out because of smoking. This web site is great for people to learn about smoking. Its links load fast and it has everything from a to z on tobacco. But is not very colorful. This site would be for ages 17 and up because it has a lot of words that only bigger kids or doctors would get.

• Student Author: Khurram B.
• Teacher: Melody Marpohl
• This site helped Melody Marpohl's class answer the question(s) "How do topics such as terrorism, global warming, homelessness, drug abuse, drunk driving and smoking affect teens? What can teens do to help? Where can more information be found?"
• Librarian: Renee Hoxie
• School: Thomas Jefferson Middle School
• Year: 2001-2002

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Truth Behind the Curtain
http://www.thetruth.com/

Click on the orange curtain and watch some short videos that will get your attention about how tobacco companies use deceptive practices to get people to smoke. You can see the actual documents that prove that the tobacco companies have lied to the public.

• Student Author: Katie
• Teacher: Joanne Cardarella
• This site helped Joanne Cardarella's class answer the question(s) "How has tobacco advertising encouraged people to smoke? What are the health effects of smoking? Is there information available specifically for teens about smoking? What does smoking information say to teens?"
• Librarian: Jolen Neumann
• School: Black Hawk Middle School
• Year: 2002-2003

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Truth in Advertising, A Collection of Vintage Cigarette Advertisements from the Age of Innocence.
http://www.chickenhead.com/truth/

Have you ever wondered just how those tobacco companies convinced people to smoke? A long time ago, cigarette ads used to be everywhere, telling people how glamorous and wonderful smoking was. Now, it's almost impossible to find a single ad unless you surf out onto the WWW. This site has a big selection of cigarette ads from the 1950's and 60's. So if you've never seen one, check out this site to see just how tobacco companies used words and pictures to persuade people to smoke.

• Student Author: Heather K.
• Teacher: Joanne Cardarella
• This site helped Joanne Cardarella's class answer the question(s) "How has tobacco advertising encouraged people to smoke? What are the health effects of smoking? Is there information available specifically for teens about smoking? What does smoking information say to teens?"
• Librarian: Jolen Neumann
• School: Black Hawk Middle School
• Year: 2002-2003

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