Soccer Smoking & Prevention

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. Boy Scouts of America: . US Soccer Federation: www.bsa.scouting.org www.us-soccer.com . Women's Soccer World Magazine: . US Tennis Association: www.womensoccer.com www.usta.com . Center for Research on Girls and . Professional Baseball Athletic Women in Sport: Trainers' Society: www.pbats.org www.kls.coled.umn.edu/crgws . National Strength and Conditioning . Women's Sports Foundation: Association: www.ncsca-lift.org www.lifetimetv.com/WoSport/ . American College of Sports Medicine: . Major League Baseball: www.acsm.org www.majorleaguebaseball.com . Olympic Aid: www.olympicaid.org . National Football League: . National Basketball Association: www.nfl.com www.nba.com . National Hockey League: . National Collegiate Athletic www.nhl.com Association: www.ncaa.org . Major League Soccer: . Oral Health America's National Spit www.mlsnet.com Tobacco Education Program: . Fédération Internationale de www.oralhealthamerica.org and Football (FIFA): www.fifa.com www.nstep.org . Women's United Soccer Association: www.wusa.com Sites with Information on . International Olympic Committee: Tobacco and Health www.olympic.org . American Cancer Society: . ESPN: www.espn.com www.cancer.org . CNN/Sports Illustrated: . American Hospital Association: www.cnnsi.com www.aha.org . UNICEF: www.unicef.org . American Lung Association: . UNESCO: www.unesco.org www.lungusa.org . Fédération Internationale de . American Legacy Foundation: l'Automobile (Formula One): www.americanlegacy.org www.fia.com. . Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: . General Association of www.tobaccofreekids.org International Sports Federations . National Cancer Institute: www.agfisonline.com www.nci.nih.gov . USA Track & Field: www.usatf.org . CDC Cancer Prevention and . Salt Lake City Organizing Control: www.cdc.gov/cancer/ Committee: www.saltlake2002.org nscpep/index.htm . National Association for Sport . CDC Injury Prevention and Control: and Physical Education: www.cdc.gov/ncipc/ncipchm.htm www.aahperd.org/naspe/ . Office of National Drug Policy Control: www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov

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SOME FACTS ABOUT KIDS AND TOBACCO Getting kids involved in sports not only boosts their level of physical activity and self-esteem, it also lessens the likelihood that they will use tobacco.1,2 In recent years, it has become even more important to get kids involved in sports because schools have cut their physical education programs, kids watch more TV, and they have fewer opportunities to be active. As a result, kids are less active today and rates of childhood obesity have increased dra­matically nationwide.3-6 Convincing kids to say "no" to tobac­co and "yes" to sports and physical activity is a significant public health challenge. The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars each year to market the use of tobacco products, and often they use sports in their cam-paigns.7 We need new and more effec­tive strategies to counter tobacco advertising in sports and to promote tobacco-free sports and athletes. The first step is for more sports organ­izations, athletes, and coaches to choose health over tobacco by associ­ating themselves with sponsors and products that promote healthy behav­iors. We should also keep our sporting events tobacco-free. And most impor­tantly, we should set a good example for kids by leading a healthy lifestyle. To replace smokers who die, the tobacco industry targets new smok-ers-many of them teenagers.7 Every day in the United States, more than 3,000 young people become daily smokers. That's more than 1 million new smokers each year in this country alone.8 More than 80% of youth who are current smokers think they could quit if they wanted to, but in reality, only 3% of the 20 million people who try to quit smoking each year have long-term success.8-13 Some kids mistakenly think that other forms of tobacco-such as chew/spit tobacco, cigars, bidis, or kreteks-are safer than cigarettes. They're dead wrong. These tobacco products can lead to many painful, disfiguring, and fatal diseases.14-17 Many teenagers feel immune to the dangers of tobacco use, especially long-term health consequences such as heart disease, chronic lung disease, and cancer.7 Young people tend to be unaware of the more immediate effects of using tobacco, such as reduced athletic performance and endurance, impaired lung function and growth, and elevated heart rates. Youth smok­ing is also associated with getting into fights, having unprotected sex, drink­ing, and using other drugs.7,18,19 Secondhand Smoke Kills!