Additionally, as a parent, we are confronted with the challenge of helping our children avoid the trapping of tobacco through peer pressure and the onslaught of the tobacco industry s advertising techniques. Tobacco-related illnesses are the most preventable causes of death in our society. Every year, about three million people around the world die as a result of smoking.
Tobacco use is to blame for nearly one in three cancer deaths in the United States every year.
Because tobacco is smoked, chewed, held in the mouth, and sometimes swallowed, it affects almost every system of your body. This Web site will help you address this critical issue by linking you and your children with information and resources to help make Connecticut Tobacco Free. Explore the resources below. For additional resources, please explore the other sectors of this Web site. We hope you find this site to be a valuable resource.