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Hey kids, have you ever wondered about the
effects of tobacco on people in other countries?
Well, tobacco products kill millions of people
worldwide! It doesn't matter what country you're
from or what language you speak, tobacco ruins/ends
lives everywhere. You might not hear about it as a
worldwide problem, but now thanks to the World Wide
Web, we can see what's happening in other
countries!
One way we can see this is through anti-tobacco
cartoons that were designed around the world. The
cartoons below come from Istanbul, Turkey!!! A very
talented and award winning cartoonist, Kamil
Yavuz, uses
his artistic talents to spread the anti-smoking
message. One great thing about cartoons from around
the world is that the cartoons show/reflect some of
their country's struggles with tobacco. One of the
struggles represented in many of these cartoons is
the fight to keep the tobacco supported Formula 1
auto racing out of Turkey. Turkey currently does
not allow tobacco advertising and Kamil wants it to
stay that way! Hundreds of millions of tobacco
dollars are poured into Formula 1 race teams and
race events. People are literally dying from
smoking so these 80 million dollar race teams can
continue to promote their deadly products. How many
cigarettes do you think have to be sold for just
one Formula1 team to race?
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Kamil is also involved with the youth in a
Cartoon
Club
for kids!
These great cartoons came from the Cartoon Club.
Click images to enlarge
See more cartoons from Kamil Yavuz and the Cartoon Club,
visit them at www.teknikel.net/main.html
See the
winners of the
Worldwide
BE TOBACCO FREE
Cartoon
Contest!
Click
Here!
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