Introduction
			Getting Started
			Effective  Antitobacco  Presentations
			Slides/Notes
			Patient Testimonial
			Surgeon General  Report 2001
			Surgeon General  Report 2006
			Closing The Loop
			Resources

Getting Started

A Growing Problem

Tobacco use by women and girls in the United States has reached alarming proportions. Each day, in the United States alone, more than 1,500 girls start using tobacco, mostly cigarettes. And, each year, more than 140,000 women in this country die prematurely of tobacco-related illnesses.