Personal Narrative – Counter Tobacco

Counter Tobacco Podcast Episode 17: ‘Authentic Voices’ – An Interview with Shaun Pryor

Advertising Restictions, Cigarettes, Disparities, E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), Personal Narrative, Podcast, Smokeless Tobacco and SNUS, Stores Near Schools, Tobacco21, Youth
June 29, 2020

This episode is the first in what we hope will be a new series called, ‘Authentic Voices’, where we speak with individuals in communities across the US to hear how their lived experiences and interactions in the retail environment impacted their journey with tobacco. In this episode, we speak with Shaun Pryor, a Chicago-native and … Read More

Counter Tobacco Podcast Episode 9 – Tobacco and America: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

E-Cigarettes, Licensing, Personal Narrative, Podcast, Preemption, Tobacco21, Youth
December 19, 2018

In this episode, we talk with Jake Wilson, a junior and statistics major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who has been taking a service-learning course titled “Tobacco and America,” which “examines the complex significances of tobacco—a plant of great local importance to North Carolina—by placing it in a variety of historical, … Read More

Brooklyn-Bensonhurst Tobacco Proliferation – Sally

Personal Narrative, Retailer Density, Stores Near Schools, Youth
October 26, 2016

This animation was made by Sally Mo, a student at Brooklyn Technical High School about tobacco proliferation in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn in NYC. See more videos about tobacco proliferation made by high school students working with NYC Smoke Free here: http://nycsmokefree.org/article/students-deploy-digital-art-expose-big-tobacco

Queens – Bayside Tobacco Proliferation by Jackie

Personal Narrative, Retailer Density, Stores Near Schools, Youth
October 26, 2016

This animation was made by Jackie Shi, a student at Queens High School for the Sciences at York College about tobacco proliferation in the Bayside neighborhood of Brooklyn in NYC. See more videos about tobacco proliferation made by high school students working with NYC Smoke Free here: http://nycsmokefree.org/article/students-deploy-digital-art-expose-big-tobacco

Brooklyn-Carnarsie Tobacco Proliferation – Ronnica

Personal Narrative, Retailer Density, Stores Near Schools, Youth
October 20, 2016

This animation was made by Ronnica Baptiste, a student at Science Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus about tobacco proliferation in the Carnarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn in NYC.

Seen Enough Tobacco – Birthday Cake

Advertising Restictions, Personal Narrative, Price Promotions
May 27, 2016

Our kids should grow up without tobacco in their faces. In New York State, tobacco companies spend more than a half a million dollars every day to place promotions in stores where kids can see them. And the more they see, the more likely they are to start smoking.

Truth About Flavor – The Documentary

Disparities, Personal Narrative, Product Availability, Retailer Density, Youth
December 14, 2015

“The poorer the people, the cheaper the poison.” Dr. Phillip Gardiner P.H. This short-form documentary explores the health and community effects of the consumption of flavored small cigars and cigarillos in South Central, Los Angeles. Extremely cheap, accessible and appealing to mass audiences, flavored small cigars and cigarillos have become the tobacco of choice for … Read More

Tobacco-Free Small Business in Klamath Falls, Oregon

Healthy Retailers, Personal Narrative, Product Availability
August 31, 2015

In Klamath Falls, Oregon, Vanessa Serrato, owner of Mexico Video Market, is committed to maintaining a smokefree business. She is one of many Oregonians seeking a healthier community and, by refusing to sell tobacco products, she can protect children from the dangers of smoking and assure customers that her small business will not sell harmful … Read More

Menthol Cigarettes 101

Disparities, Flavors (including Menthol), Personal Narrative, Policy Advocacy, Youth
July 28, 2015

Clearway Minnesota and Breathe Free North gives you the low-down on menthol cigarettes, why they’re a problem, and how the tobacco industry has targeted the African American community with these product.

Teens React to Cigarette Commercials

Personal Narrative, Youth
June 14, 2015

Teens react to old cigarette commercials and discuss smoking. Old, New, and in the Future. We talk about Vaping, Cigarettes, Ads, and more!

Category: Personal Narrative