Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Nicotine Addiction
From the Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute, comprehensive history of tobacco, the tobacco industry, and tobacco-related illnesses.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Smoke and Mirrors
Cancer sticks. Coffin nails. Tarlboro Lights. The Why Files tackle the smoking debate. The article discusses the effects of smoking, suggestions for quitting, and also the chemical makeup of cigarettes.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: E Cigarette Poisonings
Learn about the health risks posed by the use of e-cigarettes in young people.
US Food and Drug Administration
Fda: Us Food and Drug Administration: Proposed Cigarette Product Warning Label
Graphic labels and warnings are due to be on tobacco products to warn consumers of the consequences of smoking. January 2011
Other
Canadian Lung Association: Smoking and Tobacco Statistics
Get the statistics on smoking and tobacco in Canada. Focuses particularly on young people between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four and looks at changes in smoking status and amount smoked. Studies tobacco use in middle school aged...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Dealing With Peer Pressure
Making decisions on your own is hard enough, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder. When people your own age try to influence how you act, it's called peer pressure. It's...
Government of Canada
Health Living: Youth Zone: Tobacco
This resource presents youth with the facts about smoking. Try testing your knowledge of how tobacco affects you by taking a short online quiz. Explore the connection of smoking and Hollywood movies as well. From Health Canada.
Government of Canada
Health Canada: The Scoop on Smoking
In addition to giving the facts about smoking, this youth-focused resource also deals with many young people's misconception that they are immune from the negative effects of smoking. For instance, smoking reduces the rate of lung growth...
Government of Canada
Health Living: Smoking Diseases
Learn about all the different diseases you can get by smoking. Smoking increases your chances of heart disease, smoke, and lung cancer, to name just a few. Find out the link between impotence and smoking, as well as to bronchitis and...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Tobacco 101
This lesson will help students understand the short and long term effects of using tobacco as well as why it is addictive.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Women: How to Quit Smoking
Article relating facts specific to women about the effects of smoking. Offers tips such as completing a "Why I Want to Quit Smoking," list to help them quit and offers advice to help them break the habit.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Kids and Smoking
Gives reasons why kids pick up smoking despite what we know about tobacco. Good information about the social pressures that lead them to begin.
Other
Philip Morris Usa
Official site of the Philip Morris tobacco company. Includes industry information, political issues concerning tobacco companies, and specific facts about cigarettes.
Curated OER
Kids Health: What You Need to Know About Drugs
Students are curious about drugs and this is a simple site that delves into what they need to know: what drugs are good and what drugs are harmful, what are illegal drugs, like heroin and marijuana, and why are they illegal. The authors...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Smoking Stinks
This four-page article provides general information on cigarettes, nicotine, and smoking by providing simple responses to questions such as "Why Are Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco So Bad for You?" and "What Happens When a Kid Tries...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Smoking: Cutting Through the Hype
This three-page article examines why teens smoke and why cigarette smoking is not only a harmful, but also a deadly habit. Also provided is information on quitting smoking and staying tobacco-free.
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence: Tobacco Facts
Statement from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy about the risks of smoking tobacco.
Other
University of Iowa Health Care: Smoking: Tips on How to Quit
A resource to help people stop smoking. Includes the benefits to quitting smoking as well as the keys to success.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Kids and Smoking
Providing reasons why kids pick up smoking despite what we know about tobacco, this website from Kids Health offers good information about the social pressures that cause kids to start using tobacco.
Curated OER
Cbc: Timeline of Canadian Tobacco Laws
This CBC News article gives a timeline of Tobacco Laws in Canada. Read about legislation as dating as far back at the 1908 Tobacco Restraint Act through to today.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: China's Chances of Kicking a Growing Smoking Habit
Explore the growing smoking habit in China, especially among males.