Key Dates
Central Voice Hub Coordinator
Indiana Teen Institiute
5190 N. High School Road
Indianapolis, Indiana 46254
office: (317) 299-7831
fax: (317) 299-7832
toll free: 1-888-ITI-2033
ISDH - Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
Office: (317) 234-6598
Fax: (317) 234-1786
World No Tobacco Day
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Key Contacts
Central Hub Partner Meeting
2nd Monday of each month
Contact Hub Coordinator for location
information
Check It Out:
Key Web Resources
Key Resources!
St. Florian Center - Marion County
More links below . . .
"Target " 4'x18' collaborative mural by Xavier Cortada and ITI Summer 2002 participants. The mural portrays the targeting of youth by the tobacco industry, the loss and suffering experienced by smokers and their loved ones, and ultimately the phoenix rising from the ashes. The Phoenix taking flight expressing the hope for a happier and healthier Indiana as a result of the VOICE movement.
Tobacco Control Links
The Alliance for Health Promotion and the American Cancer Society have created a web site resource regarding secondhand smoke. This site offers resources to service industry workers and businesses and also offers a place for people to sign up to receive action alerts and get involved in this campaign!
At age 46, Rick's wife, Marie, died from lung cancer caused by cigarette smoking. His mission is to reach as many youth and adults across America as possible about the dangers of tobacco use.
Tar Wars, a tobacco-free education program and poster contest, is supported by the American Academy of Family Physicians and reaches approximately 400,000 fourth- and fifth-grade students annually.
Edgy. Hard-hitting. Unapologetic. That's truth®, the foundation's advertising, grassroots, and online campaign to prevent youth smoking. By telling the truth about the tobacco industry and its products and exposing their marketing tactics, truth® allows teens to make informed choices about tobacco use. It doesn't preach. It doesn't judge. It just works.
American Legacy Foundation is the national, independent public health foundation established by the 1998 tobacco settlement. Legacy is dedicated to reducing tobacco use in the United States with major initiatives reaching youth, women, and priority populations through grant awards, research initiatives, marketing campaigns, training programs, and collaboration with national and local partners.
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is a private, non-profit organization committed to protecting children from tobacco addiction and secondhand smoke.
Kick Butts Day is an annual initiative that encourages activism and leadership among elementary, middle and high school students. It's the day America's kids stand up to tobacco, and America's adults stand up for kids.
The goals of SMOKEFREE.net, the SMOKEFREE Network, are:
1. To win the right to breathe smokefree air.
2. To facilitate communication among smokefree advocates.
3. To facilitate communication between smokefree advocates and key decision makers.
4. To share information about the tobacco cartel.
5. To provide an integrated login for all websites in the SMOKEFREE.net family
Two types of Tobacco News: 1) The daily news summary, which is a compilation of all the days stories. 2) Breaking News, which allows you to get the stories as we find them. If you are a tobacco control professional, you should sign up for at least your state. Much, much more information available.
The Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting organizations in building and growing highly effective tobacco control programs. Whether your organization is national, state or community-based, TTAC can assist you. We provide expert assistance, in-depth information, and a wide variety of services to help our clients succeed in their tobacco control efforts.
"You can quit smoking now!" An online guide to quitting.
CigaretteLitter.Org is an informal, non-profit organization dedicated to dramatically reducing cigarette litter across the United States. Our goal is to accomplish this task by raising public awareness of the issue and educating communities about the facts regarding cigarette litter. We want to form a network of smokers and non-smokers, individuals and businesses, non-profit and government organizations, local police and fire departments, and anyone else who shares our goal of a national landscape free of cigarette litter.
Website designed and maintained by Mark R. Kaser Copyright 2002-12 ITI Adventure-Indiana Teen Institute All Rights Reserved
In BADvertising Country we counter the seduction of dishonest tobacco advertising by doctoring-up tobacco ads to make them honest.
TobaccofreeU.org is the official BACCHUS website devoted to tobacco control with college and university campuses and young adults. You will find information about types of tobacco, policy change, data collection and evaluation, and sample campus and community programs.
University of Michigan Tobacco Research Network - Anyone with an interest in tobacco and nicotine research - whether researcher, student, government official or journalist - will find this site to be a rich source of information and a key resource for advancing their studies.
Take Note is a grassroots movement of volunteers from the entertainment industry supporting the right for all Hoosiers to be protected from secondhand smoke exposure.
Your link to The Indiana Tobacco Quitline. A free phone-based counseling service that helps Indiana smokers quit.
Tobacco Unfiltered Blog - Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
Video: truth® "Bodybag" Commercial
Video: truth® "Shards O' Glass" Commercial
Video: "Stop Targeting Kids"
Deadly Alliance
How Big Tobacco and Convenience Stores Partner to Market Tobacco Products and Fight Life-Saving Policies
Report Released March 5, 2012
Link to the TFK web page for the report and supporting materials:
Key Reports
