Prevention

Parents, Coaches, Teachers, and Professional Athletes all have the ability to show young people that Chewing Tobacco is not cool or safe, but it is dangerous.  Here are some things to take a look at:

 

Name Your Poison Poster

http://www.nohic.nidcr.nih.gov/pubs/poster1.htm

What the Tobacco Industry Won’t Show You Poster

http://www.nidr.nih.gov/health/pubs/chew/snuff23.gif

Spitting Into the Wind … Website for young athletes

http://www.nidr.nih.gov/health/pubs/chew/main.htm

Spit Tobacco – A Guide for Quitting … Online booklet for young men

http://www.nidr.nih.gov/health/newsandhealth/spitTobacco/

  

All of these resources can be found through the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research supported by the National Institute of Health and the United States Federal Government.

 

Also see our Myths and Facts page to get all the information straight! 

 
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