THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS
 

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Quote of the Week:  "More than four of five U.S. adults take at least one medication and almost a third take at least five different drugs." ~ Elizabeth Weise
 
 

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1.  What Are The Odds?
2.  Atherosclerosis and Smoking
3.  Antismoking Campaigns Credited for Cancer Decline
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  In Large Doses, Red Wine Ingredient Shows Health Benefit
6.  Quitting
7.  FREE:  Community Action Kit
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1.  What Are The Odds?

Test your tobacco knowledge by taking this quiz concerning smoking odds and percentages. The numbers may surprise you...
http://thescooponsmoking.org/xhtml/quizzes/whatAreTheOdds.php

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2.  Atherosclerosis and Smoking

Within one minute after smoking begins, the smoker's heart rate and blood pressure begin to increase. Less obvious, but even more important, are the long-term effects of smoking on the arteries. Smoking causes the arteries to tighten up; this increases the damage to the arterial walls. Smoking also causes abnormalities in the blood clotting process, and it has harmful effects on levels of cholesterol and related substances in the bloodstream. All of these factors together worsen atherosclerosis and increase the smoker's chances of a variety of diseases including heart attacks.
http://thescooponsmoking.org/xhtml/effects/atherosclerosis.php
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3.  Antismoking Campaigns Credited for Cancer Decline

The American Cancer Society released a study showing that cancer rates fell 16 percent among men between 1991 and 2003, and that lower smoking rates among men accounted for 40 percent of the overall decline in smoking.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2006/antismoking-campaigns.html
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Eleven compounds in tobacco smoke (2-naphthylamine, 4-aminobiphenyl, benzene, vinyl chloride, ethylene oxide, arsenic, beryllium, nickel compounds, chromium, cadmium and polonium-210) have been identified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as Group 1 (known human carcinogen) carcinogens.
• Secondhand smoke has been designated as a known human carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Toxicology Program and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has concluded that secondhand smoke is an occupational carcinogen.
• Secondhand smoke is composed of sidestream smoke (the smoke released from the burning end of a cigarette) and exhaled mainstream smoke (the smoke exhaled by the smoker). Because sidestream smoke is generated at lower temperatures and under different conditions than mainstream smoke, it contains higher concentrations of many of the toxins found in inhaled cigarette smoke.
   

Source:  http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/factsheets/factsheet9.html

5.  In Large Doses, Red Wine Ingredient Shows Health Benefit

A new study says that a chemical found in red wine can promote health and long life even in the face of a high-fat diet, but you'd have to drink hundreds of bottles of wine daily to match the doses given to lab animals.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2006/health-benefits-from-red-wine.html
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6.  Quitting

Find out what modern science has learned about smoking cessation
http://thescooponsmoking.org/xhtml/quittingHome.php
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7.  FREE:  Community Action Kit

You want to help make a difference when it comes to alcohol issues, but where do you begin? FACE offers a FREE downloadable Community Action Kit section on our website. It contains research-based materials and step-by-step instructions for raising alcohol awareness and preventing youth access to alcohol in your community. Organized to allow any concerned citizen to make a powerful impact on alcohol issues.
http://faceproject.org/Action/index.html
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A special thanks to Join Together Online(jointogether.org), Daily Dose and The Scoop On Smoking 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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