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Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

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Quote of the Week:  "We are in danger of becoming a nation of pill poppers, the increase in the abuse of prescription drugs has been fueled worldwide by misperceptions of the potential harms of these powerful drugs, making it more critical than ever that we raise public awareness about the dangers of their misuse." ~ drug czar John Walters

April is Alcohol Awareness Month
 

National Alcohol Screening Day is April 5, 2007 

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1.  Kids: Open to Discussion
2.  Tobacco Scam Ads
3.  Prom Night Tips for Parents
4.  JUST THE FACTS:  Smokeless Tocacco

5.   Minorities More Likely to Be Screened for Alcohol Use
6.  More Drinking Leads to More Sick Leave
7.  FREE:  Report Sheds Light on Teen Prescription Drug Abuse
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1.  Kids: Open to Discussion

We all know it's important to talk and talk and talk with your kids. But how you do it may well be the key to their success.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20050919-000007.html

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2.  Tobacco Scam Ads

Take a look at these ads showing the truth about smoke free workplaces and its affect on businesses.
http://www.tobaccoscam.ucsf.edu/ads/index.cfm
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3.  Prom Night Tips for Parents

provides safety tips for parents of prom-goers. Visit the website to read and print out the twelve safety tips. You can also send an animated e-card to friends and family to help spread this important message.
http://www.promtips.org/
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:  Smokeless Tocacco

• The scientific evidence is strong that the use of snuff can cause cancer in humans. The evidence for causality is strongest for cancer of the oral cavity, wherein cancer may occur several times more frequently in snuff dippers
  compared to nontobacco users. The excess risk of cancer of the cheek and gum may reach nearly fiftyfold among long-term snuff users.” p. vii.
• “Gingival recession is a commonly reported outcome of smokeless tobacco use.”
  p. vi.
• “Since nicotine levels in the body resulting from smokeless tobacco use are similar in magnitude to nicotine levels from cigarette smoking, it is concluded
  that smokeless tobacco use also can be addictive.” p. vi.
• “Some evidence suggests that nicotine may play a contributory or supportive role in the pathogenesis of coronary artery and peripheral vascular disease,
  hypertension, peptic ulcers, and fetal mortality and morbidity.” p. vi.
   

Source: SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORTS ON THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF SMOKING

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6.  More Drinking Leads to More Sick Leave

Research in Sweden demonstrates that increased per capita alcohol consumption is associated with increased workplace absenteeism. The study provides convincing evidence that employers should be concerned about excessive alcohol consumption -- even when employees drink outside of the workplace. http://www.ensuringsolutions.org/media/media_show.htm?doc_id=439527&cat_id=1046
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7.  FREE:  Report Sheds Light on Teen Prescription Drug Abuse

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has published "Teens and Prescription Drugs: An Analysis of Recent Trends on the Emerging Drug Threat."

Recent studies and reports indicate that the intentional abuse by adolescents of such prescription drugs as pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives is a growing concern. The ONDCP report examines this emerging threat, which has seen the number of new abusers of prescription drugs, age 12–17, match the figure for marijuana.
http://www.mediacampaign.org/teens/brochure.pdf.
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Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

A special thanks to Join Together Online(jointogether.org), Ensuring Solutions and SAMSHA for bringing some of this information to us.

For more information on drug abuse prevention be sure to go to our links page at http://rundrugsoutoftownrun.org/Links.htm

If your school or organization is interested in staging a Run Drugs Out of Town Run to help raise awareness of and money for drug abuse prevention visit our site at  http://rundrugsoutoftownrun.org or send us an email at events@rundrugsoutoutoftownrun.org and we will help you make it happen.

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