THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS
 

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

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Quote of the Week:  "While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about." ~ Angela Schwindt
 
May 31st is World No Tobacco Day 

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1.  Marijuana Using Parents Have Trouble Delivering Straight Dope to Kids
2.  Dismantling Tobacco Industry Myths
3.  Rigorous Research Leaves No Doubt
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Prism Awards Honor 'Thank You for Smoking'
6.  Attitudes, Behaviours, Knowledge and Education - Drugs in Sports: Past, Present and Future
7.  FREE:  WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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1.  Marijuana Using Parents Have Trouble Delivering Straight Dope to Kids

Parents who use marijuana have a difficult time talking to their kids about drugs, even if they believe use of the drug should be legal.

http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2007/marijuana-using-parents-have.html

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2.  Dismantling Tobacco Industry Myths

Here are some of the most often used and widely spread tobacco industry myths about smoking bans, and the arguments – based on scientific evidence – to counter them.
http://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/events/wntd/2007/dismantling/en/index.html

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3.  Rigorous Research Leaves No Doubt

There is no doubt: breathing second-hand tobacco smoke is very dangerous to your health. It causes cancer, as well as many serious respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in children and adults, often leading to death. There is no safe level of human exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke.
http://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/events/wntd/2007/introduction/en/index.html

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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

• 32 million women smoke; 6 million are addicted to alcohol; 15 million use illicit drugs and/or misuse prescription drugs.
• Daughters of smoking mothers are more likely to take up the habit than sons of smoking mothers.
• 70 percent of women who use drugs or alcohol while pregnant don't tell their doctors.
• 92 percent of women who need treatment for alcohol and drugs do not get it.

Source:  "Women Under the Influence" published by Johns Hopkins University Press

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5.  Prism Awards Honor 'Thank You for Smoking'

The smoking-industry "mockumentary" Thank You for Smoking was named the best feature in the 11th annual Prism Awards, which honor entertainment that presents a realistic view of alcohol and other drug abuse [Join Together, USA]
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2007/prism-awards-honor-thank-you.html
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6.  Attitudes, Behaviours, Knowledge and Education - Drugs in Sports: Past, Present and Future

Report by Dr. Susan Backhouse (Principal Investigator) as part of the WADA’s social science research programme: An extensive annotated bibliography of peer reviewed publications in the social sciences regarding (a) predictors and precipitating factors in doping; (b) attitudes and behaviours towards doping and (c) anti-doping education or prevention programs. 199-page PDF [WADA]
http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/Backhouse_et_al_Full_Report.pdf

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7.  FREE:  WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

The WHO FCTC is an evidence-based treaty that reaffirms the right of all people to the highest standard of health. The WHO FCTC represents a paradigm shift in developing a regulatory strategy to address addictive substances; in contrast to previous drug control treaties, the WHO FCTC asserts the importance of demand reduction strategies as well as supply issues.
http://www.who.int/tobacco/framework/WHO_FCTC_english.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), Daily Dose 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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