Cigarettes contain thousands of chemicals. One of the most powerful is nicotine, a highly addictive drug that takes about seven seconds to reach the brain once ingested. This video provides a digital simulation of how nicotine changes the structure of the brain and causes an addiction as powerful as cocaine or heroin.
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Did you know that a typical hookah smoking session involves inhaling 100-200 times the volume of smoke inhaled with a single cigarette?
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President and Editor-in-Chief of the The Huffington Post on "Redefining Success: The Third Metric."
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Executive Vice President of AARP's State and National Group on "Navigating a New Demographic Era and Harnessing the Potential of the 50+."
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Host of Studio 360 on "The Renaissance of the Amateur Spirit."
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CEO of Delivering Happiness on "Harness Your Passion to Deliver Happiness at Work and at Home."
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Chief Medical Editor at ABC News on "Using Communication to Improve Public Health."
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Researchers have long known that tobacco can be a gateway to the use of harder drugs. But now a new animal study has found biological evidence that nicotine may actually enhance the effects of cocaine.
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Legacy and Leave No Trace teamed up on a PSA campaign to raise awareness about the toxic nature of cigarette butts.
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Our EX quit smoking program helps smokers "re-learn life without cigarettes." Learn more in this video.
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Research shows that menthol cigarettes contribute to youth smoking initiation and make it harder for adults to quit.
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Through their regulatory authority, multiple agencies within the Federal Government play a critical role in protecting the public from tobacco-related death and disease.
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More than 80% of adult smokers tried their first cigarette before they turned 18. About a third of youth smokers will eventually die from a tobacco-related disease.
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It can be hard for people who haven’t smoked to truly understand how powerfully addictive nicotine is. But if it was easy to quit, why are only a small percentage of smokers able to do it each year?
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Recent data show that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people smoke cigarettes at rates that are nearly 70 percent higher than the general population. Through interviews with experts and a smoker trying to quit, this video looks at the reasons why the LGBT community smokes so much and what can be done about it.
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August 13, 2014
Organized in conjunction with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, this three-day event brings together adult coordinators of youth tobacco prevention programs from around the country for peer-to-peer learning and skills development. August 13-15, 2014, in New Orleans, LA. For more information, click here.
