Tar Jar

The Tar Jar is a standard prop for any health fair display. It symbolizes the amount of tar which would accumulate in a one pack a day smoker's lungs in a year. The dark, sticky "tar" is a real conversation starter among smokers and non-smokers alike.

What Mommy does, baby does

This small resin display is a realistic looking fetus attached to a placenta which is filled with cigarette butts, pills and beer bottle caps. This is a good display for students, and also when working with pregnant and parenting teens. It can strike up a conversation about proper nutrition, fetal alcohol syndrome, drug-addicted babies, etc.

Cigarette Ingredients

This item looks like a giant cigarette from one side, but when it is turned around it shows representations of the dangerous chemicals found in cigarettes. This is a great visual aid for illustrating the disgusting contaminants that tobacco can contain, and is a very informative prop for youth and adult audiences.

Mr. Dip Lip

Along the same lines as Gross Mouth, this visual aid is the lower section of a jaw and shows spit tobacco health consequences. Mr. Dip Lip has the lips intact, and the mouth can be opened and closed using the mechanism in the back. Unlike Gross Mouth, the tongue is not removable, nor can you get the jaw to be a "flip top head" and look at the full inside of the mouth, but it is more realistic.

Mr. Gross Mouth

This visual aid is a slightly larger-than-life replica of a mouth riddled with tobacco related disease. The teeth are decayed, some are missing; gums are red and diseased; there are several cancerous masses to see; the tongue has a cancerous spot. All of the ailments are attributable to tobacco use, and we use it with audiences of all ages. It is a real crowd pleaser.

Methamphetamine: A Prevention Trilogy

Produced by: California Department of Justice
Year:
Length: Meth...the Great Deceiver--17 min, Where Meth Goes.. Violence and Destruction Follow--18 min, Hidden Dangers: Meth Labs--18 min

Meth...the Great Deceiver

Where Meth Goes...
Creepy images illustrate the paranoia and rage meth may bring on in the opening shots. Shows a series of meth public service announcements that ran on television several years ago. Discusses the environmental damages of meth production, child abuse and neglect, and violence. The stories are so horrific that I will never watch this video again.

Hidden Dangers: Meth Labs

A Stone's Throw: Adult Alcohol Use and its Impact on Youth Attitudes and Behavior

Produced by: FACE
Year: 2005
Length: 5 minutes, 30 seconds


Really this is a elongated public service announcement, with artistic photography and a soothing voice-over. It illustrates adults inadvertent endorsement of alcohol use as children watch parents use and may emulate in their play and in their actions this use. Touches on parents' ignorance of youth use and the consequences, including death due to alcohol poisoning. Would be best used as an introduction to a coalition meeting or parent presentation.

Sort of dated-looking.

It's a Fact. METH is OUR Problem

Produced by: Placer County Board of Supervisors
Year: 2006
Length: 15 minutes


Graphic pictures of meth sores and meth mouth, testimonies from teen-aged addicts, and the faces of meth taken together paint a picture of the horrors of meth. The video is really Placer county-centric, particularly in the beginning introduction. However, it is relevant to all small communities with meth users.

This video is really appropriate for adult community members, and will have a lot of the "shock" factor for those unfamiliar with meth. It suggests, in very broad terms, some ways to combat meth use. Could be a good jumping off point for any coalitions, prevention campaigns, or community meetings.

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Created by: FACE
Year: 2005
Length: 16 minutes


Addresses adults in alcohol soaked communities, outlines the different ways youth get alcohol, the number of places that youth encounter a pro-use message. Testimonies from various youth drive home the idea that youth are drinking younger and younger and often their parents are completely unaware, or in some cases, actually provide the alcohol.

Very arty, with music, beautiful photography, and a dramatic voice-over. Calls for the communities to rally together to reduce youth access and exposure. Good idea for an introduction to parent/community meeting addressing social host ordinances and/or environmental prevention.

Has an optional version with an introduction from FACE CEO Penny Norton.