Totally agree. The site itself is insulting to teenagers. How is it that they are supposed to take this as encouragement to quit smoking. Are those who quit considered the STUPID population of our times? ANP Ana Natale-Pereira, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Academic Medicine, Geriatrics, and Community Programs Medical Director Focus Community Health Center 449 Broad Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 973-972-0980 973-972-0984 Fax [log in to unmask] >>> [log in to unmask] 11/27/2004 2:18:04 PM >>> In Ontario the government has established a http://stupid.ca website to "empower" youth to not smoke. Details at http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/November2004/26/c8177.html Somehow, my limited understanding of the lived experience of teenage smokers suggest that while this effort will probably be another illustration of flushing money down the toilet in terms of effectiveness, it may actually provoke more smoking through teenage resistance to adult authorities... "When will they ever learn?" Comments. dr ------------------- Problems/Questions? Send it to Listserv owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe, send the following message in the text section -- NOT the subject header -- to [log in to unmask] SIGNOFF SDOH DO NOT SEND IT BY HITTING THE REPLY BUTTON. THIS SENDS THE MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE LISTSERV AND STILL DOES NOT REMOVE YOU. To subscribe to the SDOH list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] in the text section, NOT in the subject header. SUBSCRIBE SDOH yourfirstname yourlastname To post a message to all 1000+ subscribers, send it to [log in to unmask] Include in the Subject, its content, and location and date, if relevant. For a list of SDOH members, send a request to [log in to unmask] To receive messages only once a day, send the following message to [log in to unmask] SET SDOH DIGEST To view the SDOH archives, go to: http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/sdoh.html ------------------- Problems/Questions? Send it to Listserv owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe, send the following message in the text section -- NOT the subject header -- to [log in to unmask] SIGNOFF SDOH DO NOT SEND IT BY HITTING THE REPLY BUTTON. THIS SENDS THE MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE LISTSERV AND STILL DOES NOT REMOVE YOU. To subscribe to the SDOH list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] in the text section, NOT in the subject header. SUBSCRIBE SDOH yourfirstname yourlastname To post a message to all 1000+ subscribers, send it to [log in to unmask] Include in the Subject, its content, and location and date, if relevant. For a list of SDOH members, send a request to [log in to unmask] To receive messages only once a day, send the following message to [log in to unmask] SET SDOH DIGEST To view the SDOH archives, go to: http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/sdoh.html