10 Jun 2011

SMOKE-FREE Kids - Tobacco Education for Youth in the USA

by Jeffrey S. Wigand, MA, PhD, MAT, ScD

SMOKE-FREE KIDS is the nonprofit foundation that conducts interactive educational seminars through SMOKE-FREE KIDS on all student levels—in elementary, middle, or high schools, as well as colleges and postgraduate institutions of law, medicine, business management, and education. SMOKE-FREE...

Keywords: Tobacco Education Classroom Activities Tobacco Policy Cure4Kids Global Summit Tobacco Prevention

03 Feb 2012

Tobacco marketing to children and communication strategies for prevention

by Karen K. Gutierrez

Keywords: Tobacco Smoking Cigarettes Tobacco Marketing Tobacco Promotion Tobacco Company Tobacco Prevention Tobacco Control

09 Jun 2011

Reducing Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Children and Adolescents: Future Directions and Issues for Intervening with Medically At-Risk Youth

by Vida L. Tyc, PhD

Exposure to secondhand smoke is a leading preventable cause of child morbidity and mortality. The adverse health consequences of secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe) are magnified among medically compromised children and adolescents, and exposure to tobacco in their environment markedly increases...

Keywords: Smoking Tobacco Nicotine Exposure Second-hand Smoke Third-hand Smoke SHS THS Smoke-free Home Cure4Kids Global Summit

09 Jun 2011

Cigarette Design, Addiction/Additives, Passive Smoke, Reduced Ignition

by Jeffrey S. Wigand, MA, PhD, MAT, ScD

Tobacco products are responsible for over 5 million deaths each year and enormous economic costs in health care and lost workforce productivity. Tobacco use that starts in childhood results in premature mortality and is responsible for 1 in 10 adult deaths. The design of the cigarette is optimized...

Keywords: Tobacco Education Cigarette Design Tobacco Cultivation Menthol Filtered Cigarette Low-tar Cigarette Combustion Full Flavor Milds Lights Ultra Lights Nicotine Ignition Cure4Kids Global Summit

10 Jun 2011

Lessons Learned Regarding Mass Media Campaigns to Reduce Youth Tobacco Use

by Karen K. Gutierrez

This presentation will highlight the key lessons learned in youth tobacco use prevention, related to the tobacco control policy and program elements that have been most influential and particularly the communications approaches that have been most effective in motivating youth to avoid tobacco. It...

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10 Jun 2011

Cancer and Tobacco: Awareness Programme for the Youth in Rural High Schools

by Viji Venkatesh

In order to reach out to high school children in the rural areas of India who are not exposed to educational elements outside their routine curriculum, the patient group support arm Friends of Max and the Max Foundation team in Mumbai embarked on a different sort of Awareness Programme. Knowing that...

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03 Feb 2012

An Environmental Approach to Community Health: Promoting Strategies in Primary Prevention

by Larry Cohen, MSW

Keywords: Community Health Preventative Medicine Physical Activity Behavior Change Smoking Tobacco Prevention Prevention Insititute Community Education Healthy Living Nutrition Health Home

09 Jun 2011

Innovation Research for Youth Health Promotion: Social Media and Participatory Engagement of End-Users

by Cameron D. Norman, PhD

Social media and the multimedia networks that they support provide a platform for engaging youth and young adults across diverse contexts in a manner that supports different forms of creative expression. Drawing on more than 15 years of experience using eHealth promotion strategies to youth...

Keywords: Social Media Youth Engagement Systems Thinking Achievement Cure4Kids Global Summit

10 Jun 2011

2011 United Nations Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) - Coming Together as One Voice for Children

by Kate Armstrong, B Med, DCH, MPH

In New York City from 19-20 September 2011, the United Nations will hold its second-ever health-related Summit. The 2011 UN Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) will seek to bring global attention to the burden of NCDs and agree on a plan of action to address them. There is cause for optimism...

Keywords: NCD Alliance United Nations Resource-poor Country Child-focused Working Group CFWG Cure4Kids Global Summit

10 Jun 2011

Cure4Kids for Kids: School-Based Education for Cancer Prevention

by Aubrey Van Kirk Villalobos, MEd

This presentation will provide a brief overview of the St. Jude Cancer Education for Children (Cure4Kids for Kids) program. Cure4Kids for Kids focuses on three main objectives: 1) educating students, parents, teachers, and communities about cancer and dispelling common misconceptions, 2) promoting...

Keywords: Healthy Communities Cancer Education Community Education Students Children Parents School Outreach Program What Are Cells What Is Cancer What Is Healthy Living Cure4Kids Global Summit