PARENTS
Kids are
now starting to smoke at a younger age!
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Smoking should be a
parent’s greatest concern because it’s associated with other risky
behaviors and health dangers.
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Kids May Mimic Parents' Smoking,
Drinking
Study
Finds Preschoolers at Play Mimic Parents' Smoking, Drinking
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Preschoolers pretending to shop for a Barbie doll's social
evening were more likely to choose cigarettes if their parents
smoked, and wine or beer if their parents drank, a study found.
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Researchers observing the children's play found that the ones
who watched PG-13 or R-rated movies also were more likely to
choose alcohol for Barbie.
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A 4-year-old girl chose Barbie-sized tobacco in the pretend
store and said: "I need this for my man. A man needs
cigarettes." (Must read report)
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Call to Parents:
Want your kids
tobacco and smoke free?
Get involved! |
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- Every
day, nearly 4,400 kids, as young as 8 years old, start to smoke
in America alone. That's nearly 1.5 million of our children a
year becoming enslaved to tobacco for the rest of their lives.
- The kids you save could be yours!
- Preventing your kids from smoking in high school increases the
chances they won't smoke as adults.
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Over one-third of all kids who try smoking, continue to smoke on
a daily basis.
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Nearly 80% of adult smokers started smoking before they
turned 18 years old.
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More than 6.4
million children living today will die prematurely because of a
decision they will make as adolescents.
- The decision to smoke cigarettes.
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43,000
children are orphaned each year.
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deaths.
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American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP) outlined three immediate steps smokers can take for their
children’s health:
- Make your home
smoke free
- Keep your car smoke free
- Stop smoking for
your children
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GOOD NEWS!
YOU can help!
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(Continue)
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What Parents Can Do to
Keeping Your Kids
From Starting?
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Please
Click here to make a donation
to save a child. The child
you save could be yours!
Your donations are fully tax-deductible.
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Tax-deductible
donations are one of the best ways to give back to the community
because you decide where your tax money should be spent.*
On June 25th 2006, Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and
philanthropist, gave $31 billion of his own money away to charities,
inspiring all of us to give because:
no amount is too small - just
donate $1 or $2 a week.
Get involved
A better tomorrow begins
today!
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WARNING:
There
is no safe tobacco product. The use of any tobacco product
can cause cancer and other adverse health effects. This
includes cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and spit tobacco;
mentholated,
"low-tar," "naturally grown," or "additive free." |
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Under IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt
charitable and educational organization code, the full amount of
your donation is tax deductible against your income. To fully
benefit from this great tax benefit that helps you reduce your
taxes, please inform and consult your expert tax specialist in
regards to each donation you make. |
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Fully
tax-deductible
Make a
Donation
Help educate
kids
NOT
to start smoking,
and reduce your taxes!
A win, win for all! |
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Tobacco's Toll
on our Kids |
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DID YOU KNOW? |
Each day
over
4,400
kids will take
their first puff on a cigarette and
nearly
3,000
will become
regular smokers.
1 out of 3
of them
will die from a
disease caused by their smoking.
Unless we do something
to stop
this trend, over
5,000,000 young people who are
alive today will die
from using tobacco! |
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HERE IS WHY: |
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The tobacco industry
spends over
$15.4 billion a year
marketing their deadly
products in the USA
alone, most of it
reaching kids.
So far this century
(since 1-1-2000)
they have spent
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$115,000,000,000 |
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It’s
never
too early
to talk to
your children
about not
smoking! |
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If parents
don't want their kids to smoke,
they shouldn't
be setting
the example! |
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Teens who
sit down to a family dinner most nights are less likely to
smoke than those who have two or fewer family meals a week.
-- The National Center on
Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University |
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