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QuitPower The QuitPower system
is one of the leading, most powerful smoking cessation programs, clinically
tested & proven to help smokers quit and stay quit! It provides a comprehensive
approach to breaking this addictive habit. Viewers learn how to increase
their will power & desire to quit in guided, easy steps. It addresses
why people smoke and why they want to quit, while providing concrete tips
on how to quit, dealing with withdrawal & coping. Presents techniques
for handling tough situations & temptation.
Tobacco: What About It? Half
of all smokers try their first cigarette by the age of thirteen. Video
reaches out to youngsters before that critical age and provides them with
compelling reasons NOT to smoke. Students will meet Janet, who is confronting
the question of whether to start smoking. As Janet examines the strange
concept of smoking, she also explores these important topics: short- &
long-term effects of smoking cigarettes, problem-solving, decision-making
& assertiveness skills, coping with stress, conflict and negative feelings,
and the importance of supportive family and social relationships. This
program focuses on the benefits of staying cigarette free. It gives young
students solid, persuasive reasons for deciding not to smoke. And it introduces
them to a battery of skills and strategies for sticking to their resolution
to abstain from tobacco use.
Smoking: Every Breath You Take
Lung disease debilitates millions of Americans every year o Learn more
about the destruction wrought by tuberculosis and asthma o See what happens
during a lung transplant operation o Discover some strategies that work
for people who stop smoking ©1993
The Truth About Tobacco Patrick
Reynolds, grandson of tobacco magnate RJ Reynolds, tells teens the hard
facts about smoking and other tobacco use. Reynolds makes painfully clear
the high price tobacco users pay, both physically & emotionally. In Part
I, Reynolds indicates that cigarette advertising has a much greater impact
on teens than they realize. Part II relates the story of a 19-year-old
former athlete, whose use of chewing tobacco led to cancer of the tongue
and death after extended efforts to save him. Reynolds implores teens
to root out the causes of their tobacco addictions by dealing with their
problems head-on, and making positive choices in their lives Grades 4-12,
Adult ©2000
The Teen Files: Tobacco X-Files
Using graphic imagery, interviews with cancer patients and current/former
teen tobacco users, video combines hard facts with an X-Files takeoff
to present the truth about smoking and spit tobacco. Teen tobacco users
take notice of the damage they are doing to their bodies, and the future
that awaits them if they don't quit now. Emphasizes to viewers that the
best way to quit using tobacco is to not start in the first place. By
the end of this video, no smoker young or old will be able to argue that
using tobacco is not deadly. Grades 4-12, Adult ©1998
Teens and Tobacco According
to the American Medical Association, every year more than one million
young people start smoking. The risks of tobacco use is explored as a
doctor presents the medical facts and several teens relate their attitudes
toward smoking, and how and why teens start smoking. Discusses the addictive
nature of nicotine and the many health problems associated with tobacco
use, including chewing tobacco. Ninety percent of smokers start before
the age of twenty-one. Some seventy-five percent of people who smoke daily
during high school are still smoking seven to nine years later. Grades
4-12, Adult
Do You Believe in Magic: Teens
and Marijuana The myths of marijuana use are dispelled by presenting
factual information about marijuana. It discusses the physical effects
on the body from marijuana use, including damage to the lungs, brain and
reproductive system. Users often develop an "amotivational syndrome" which
leads to loss of life goals and lack of achievement. Program covers addiction
cycle, how to break though addicts' denial of addiction and face the reality
of their lives as the first step toward recovery. A testimonial from a
former marijuana user points out how it is a gateway drug that often leads
to using harder drugs such as cocaine, meth or heroin. © 2001
Women and Smoking Smoking
has many specific effects on women. These include difficulty conceiving,
more troubled pregnancies, light weight gain and greater risk of birth
defects. This video addresses those concerns.
Smoking and Pregnancy Provides
useful information on how smoking impacts conception and poses serious
threats to the unborn baby. Among the points made are: father's smoking
may harm the unborn child, smoking during pregnancy may cause birth defects,
deciding to have a baby is a great time to quit. © 1999
Physical Effects Of Smoking
This video covers the effects of smoking on the entire body. Areas covered
include asthma, pregnancy, heart disease, cancer, emphysema, erectile
dysfunction, and premature skin aging, just to name a few. © 2003
Smoking and Diabetes Smoking
has a serious effect on persons with diabetes, heart disease risk is 14
times higher if a person has diabetes and smokes, vasoconstrictive effects
can lead to blindness and severe peripheral neuropathy disease, avoiding
or limiting weight gain when smoking stopped. © 1998
Smoking And Nutrition Smoking
is the number one killer in our nation but nutrition effects are often
overlooked, weight management issues, how to deal with end of the meal
trap, digestive system effects including heartburn, duodenal ulcers, and
kidney effects, food guide pyramid choices most helpful for persons undergoing
smoking cessation. © 2002
Smoking: Truth or Dare? Six
thousand American teenagers light a cigarette for the first time every
day. Today, the number of teen smokers in the United States is the highest
it's been in two decades. A total of four and a half million teens smoke
or chew tobacco. Despite increased education in the classroom about the
very real dangers of tobacco use, many teens still are not getting the
message. They may be aware that smoking or chewing tobacco has dire consequences,
but they do not believe or care that they, too, will become part of the
statistics: Every year, smoking kills more people than AIDS, drug abuse,
car accidents and murder-combined. Smoking: Truth or Dare? This a powerful
program, graphically demonstrates to teens that use tobacco, exactly what
this deadly habit is doing to them. The damage smoking or chewing tobacco
does to their bodies is not just something intangible that they might
have to face forty or more years down the road. These young people are
suffering the deadly effects of their tobacco use right now, and the consequences
will only get worse. Grades 4-12 ©1998
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