Repeated efforts by parents and authorities at school to urge young kids, especially girls, to stay away from smoking are failing. These young girls fall a prey to the lifestyle habits of their seniors in schools. Especially teens who smoke persistently as it's generalized that smoking helps to loose weight. Ah, if only these young ladies could realize that there are many healthy ways to keep trim. To curb this trend of intense social and media pressures to smoke, folks from Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD) and Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) have come up with an interesting solution. Targeting young girls, aged 8-11 years old, a new website has been launched to emphasize on 'no smoking'. Since kids these days turn to net for every problem, this seems to be the best bet for curbing smoking for the net savvy generation. The safe, online patient education site is the brainchild of Dartmouth pediatrician Henry Bernstein. No Smoking Room.Org is designed to empower young girls to say "no" to smoking and to encourage those who are smoking to quit.

This user-friendly site helps young girls to navigate effortlessly through the various games and activities on the site to learn about living smoke-free. Through this experience, users can learn at a young age about being the 'drivers' of their own health

The high-quality multimedia features include "the girlz lounge" where users can send electronic cards, make their own door hangers, write in their own private journal, and build their own "girlz nite-in" room. A television in the "girlz nite-in" room has video advertisements designed by girls, for girls, that convey the consequences of smoking. Facts, quizzes and "ask the expert" questions are answered by two Dartmouth pediatricians. Such a no-smoking site allow girls to test what they know and share that information with friends and family members.

For the girls and by the girls!

Source