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Tips from Former Smokers on Why You Should Quit – Or Never Start

Unprecedented national media campaign will save lives and money

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Mar 15, 2012

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Meet Terrie.  She starts her day by putting on a blonde wig and affixing a hands-free device to her tracheotomy hole to help her speak.  Meet Brandon, who sits at the edge of his bed to ease on his artificial limbs. And Roosevelt – he’ll show you the deep scar that runs up and down his torso, the result of heart surgery.

These former smokers are the unlikely stars of the new nationwide media campaign aimed at encouraging smokers to quit and preventing children from starting to smoke. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled the ads at a Washington news conference.

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posted March 15, 2012

And the winner is ...

Kick Butts Day PSA contest winner shows how toxins in cigarettes stay in the body

Editor
Feb 22, 2012

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Using black-and-white video and dark chocolate syrup to simulate the grim reality of smoking, three students at Suncoast Polytechnical High School in Sarasota, Florida, won the Grand Prize in this year’s Kick Butts Day PSA contest.

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posted February 22, 2012

Lights, Camera, Let’s Take Action …

Youth can Kick Butts on film and radio

Editor
Nov 7, 2011

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Are you an aspiring filmmaker or broadcaster? Or perhaps just a passionate youth advocate with a camera or microphone who is ready to take on Big Tobacco?

The 4th annual Kicking Butts on Film (… and Radio!) contest is underway.

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posted November 07, 2011

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