THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS
 

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Quote of the Week:  "The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie." ~ Ann Landers
 
 

December Is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, 2006 *******************************
1.  Cutting Back Doesn't Help Smokers' Health
2.  Kick Butts Day Offers Opportunities for Youth Advocacy
3.  Caffeine Abuse Seen As Growing Health Problem
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  “VENTILATION”? THAT’S JUST BIG TOBACCO BLOWING SMOKE AGAIN
6.  Puffing on Polonium
7.  FREE:  Girl Talk Resources
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1.  Cutting Back Doesn't Help Smokers' Health

Even smokers who cut their cigarette consumption in half in a bid to improve their health tend to die early, according to researchers who say that only quitting completely will help smokers live longer.  
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2006/cutting-back-doesnt-help.html

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2.  Kick Butts Day Offers Opportunities for Youth Advocacy

On March 28, 2007, thousands of youth around the world will join the fight against smoking by participating in Kick Butts Day, an effort led by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. For community anti-drug coalitions, Kick Butts Day offers an opportunity to involve youth members in the anti-smoking effort and to increase awareness about the dangers of smoking.
http://cadca.org/CoalitionsOnline/article.asp?id=1292
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3.  Caffeine Abuse Seen As Growing Health Problem

To get a good kick from caffeine, most people need only drink a 6-ounce cup of coffee, about 100 milligrams. But on a popular pro-drug Web site, a visitor reported taking seven No Doz tablets, or 1,400 milligrams of caffeine, and compared the effects to a bad trip on LSD.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/157575.php
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4.  JUST THE FACTS: 

• MATERNAL ALCOHOL ABUSE IS THE LEADING KNOWN CAUSE OF MENTAL RETARDATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
• IN THE US, FAS AND OTHER ALCOHOL-RELATED BIRTH DEFECTS AFFECT APPROXIMATELY 1 IN 100 LIVE BIRTHS OR AS MANY AS 40,000 INFANTS EACH YEAR
• FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME AND OTHER ALCOHOL-RELATED BIRTH DEFECTS CANNOT BE CURED. MATERNAL ALCOHOL ABUSE CAUSES PERMANENT DAMAGE.
• APPROXIMATELY ONE IN 30 PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE US REPORTS “RISK DRINKING” (SEVEN OR MORE DRINKS PER WEEK, OR FIVE OR MORE DRINKS ON ANY ONE OCCASION).
• THE INSTITUTIONAL AND MEDICAL COSTS FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL WITH FAS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN $800,000 TO $2 MILLION OVER A LIFETIME.

Source: http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Science/PdfFiles/Factsheet.pdf

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5.  “VENTILATION”? THAT’S JUST BIG TOBACCO BLOWING SMOKE AGAIN

http://www.no-smoke.org/pdf/houstonchron.pdf
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6.  Puffing on Polonium

When the former K.G.B. agent Alexander V. Litvinenko was found to have been poisoned by radioactive polonium 210 last week, there was one group that must have been particularly horrified: the tobacco industry.

The industry has been aware at least since the 1960s that cigarettes contain significant levels of polonium.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/opinion/01proctor.html?_r=3&oref
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7.  FREE:  Girl Talk Resources

For more tips, data and information on keeping your daugther alcohol-free please check out these additional resources:
http://www.girlsanddrinking.org/index.php?/girl_talk/resources/
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A special thanks to Join Together Online(jointogether.org), Daily Dose CADCA, NY Times and SAMSHA for bringing some of this information to us.

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