Chew On This.
By Mariette Aborn
First pitches, fans perfecting their fantasy teams, and Ball Park franks sizzling on the grill can only mean one thing — it’s baseball season in America. April through October baseball games …
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Forget Tobacco is a national campaign dedicated to helping young people forget about tobacco. Everything started in 2008 and we've been kicking ever since. We've helped thousands of young people choose to live tobacco-free and look forward to helping thousands more. Learn more about tobacco, our campaigns and how you can get involved below.
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"Smoking and living go together like toothpaste and orange juice. It just doesn't."
Chad Bullock, Anti-Tobacco Activist/Forget Tobacco founder -
"I believe the thing we sell most is nicotine."
August 1980 memo by a lead Philip Morris Tobacco Company scientist -
"We must attack the anti-smoking groups and zealots more confidently than we have in the past. If we can cool their zeal just a bit, not only might smoking as a subject become less of an issue, but also smokers might begin to feel less embattled."
1985 Philip Morris International Document -
“If children don't like to be in a smoky room, they'll leave. At some point, they begin to crawl.”
Charles Harper, Chairman, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company -
“Cigarettes are no more addictive than gummi bears.”
James Morgan, CEO Philip Morris Tobacco Company, 1997 -
"We don't smoke that s**t, we just sell it. We reserve that right for the young, the poor, the black and the stupid."
R.J. Reynolds, as quoted in The Times of London, 02 August 1992 -
"The fragile, developing self-image of the young person needs all the support and enhancement it can get. Smoking may appear to enhance that self-image in a variety of ways."
RJ Reynolds Draft Report, 1973 -
"We did not look at the underage market even though I am holding a document in my hand that says we did."
James Morgan, Former President & CEO of Philip Morris Tobacco Company
We write things.
We're a bunch of young people with better things to do than tobacco. One of those things is to share our unfiltered thoughts on all things tobacco related. Enjoy the only national anti-tobacco blog with freshly squeezed posts from young people.
Smokers Share Weird Things.
People do some weird things. One weird thing we do at Forget Tobacco is throw national phone parties where our leaders party together via the telephone. We have even dressed up and prepared food …
Basically, E-cigs Still Suck.
Our thoughts on e-cigs:
At Forget Tobacco we get a lot of questions about electronic cigarettes: Are they healthier? Better for you? Still harmful? To be honest, we are having trouble finding the good in them.
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Butts Ruin Everything, Including Kittens.
By Stacia Brenzinski
Some people like butts– rappers, the Charmin bear, and talc miners, for instance.
But in my experience, no one likes cigarette butts. Butts are the most littered item in the world– …
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Press Release: Bottles of Butts.
For Immediate Release
Teens Combat Cigarette Litter With Plastic Bottles
According to environmental reports, cigarette butts are the leading cause of litter in the US and worldwide. This Monday, Forget Tobacco announced their latest campaign, …
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We are normal.
We aren't some weird anti-tobacco creeps. We are a real team of awesome young people who really enjoys what we do. Not sure about how "normal" we are though.
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"Smoking and living go together like toothpaste and orange juice. It just doesn't."
Chad Bullock, Anti-Tobacco Activist/Forget Tobacco founder -
"I believe the thing we sell most is nicotine."
August 1980 memo by a lead Philip Morris Tobacco Company scientist -
"We must attack the anti-smoking groups and zealots more confidently than we have in the past. If we can cool their zeal just a bit, not only might smoking as a subject become less of an issue, but also smokers might begin to feel less embattled."
1985 Philip Morris International Document -
“If children don't like to be in a smoky room, they'll leave. At some point, they begin to crawl.”
Charles Harper, Chairman, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company -
“Cigarettes are no more addictive than gummi bears.”
James Morgan, CEO Philip Morris Tobacco Company, 1997 -
"We don't smoke that s**t, we just sell it. We reserve that right for the young, the poor, the black and the stupid."
R.J. Reynolds, as quoted in The Times of London, 02 August 1992 -
"The fragile, developing self-image of the young person needs all the support and enhancement it can get. Smoking may appear to enhance that self-image in a variety of ways."
RJ Reynolds Draft Report, 1973 -
"We did not look at the underage market even though I am holding a document in my hand that says we did."
James Morgan, Former President & CEO of Philip Morris Tobacco Company