Nightingales Nurses

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CONDUCT A PUBLIC READING of letters from the industry's secret files, all sent to tobacco companies from dying customers and their grieving families. These letters provide powerful testimony from smokers themselves to build support for strong tobacco control policies and bring pressure on the tobacco industry. See Letters.

Please follow this link to download the "Voices of Americans"PowerPoint slide show and talking points  (important: click and hold, then 'save to disk')

BUY A SHARE of tobacco company stock and WRITE A SHAREHOLDER LETTER to the company as a concerned shareholder. For a low-cost way to buy one share, see www.sharebuilder.com, contact your stockbroker, or contact us. Please let us know if you buy a share. See sample shareholder letter

SEND A LETTER TO BIG TOBACCO as a member of the public, tell them what real social responsibility means. See sample letter.

SEND A LETTER TO YOUR NEWSPAPER. If you see a story about tobacco, or hear about Altria funding some good cause, write a letter and challenge the company to demonstrate genuine social responsibility by ending marketing of these deadly products. Use our sample letter and add your own perspective and reference to a local story or event. Keep it short and pithy for the best chance of publication. Please let us know if you have a letter published . See sample letter.

BECOME A NIGHTINGALE NURSE  JOIN US and speak out at the 2010 tobacco company shareholder meetings

A Nightingales Visit With Big Tobacco - read Janice Ross's account of protesting at Reynolds American International shareholder meeting in 2009.

See Photos of Nightingales Protesting at 2009 Philip Morris and Reynolds American meetings

ENCOURAGE YOUR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION to endorse the Nightingales Campaign

HELP SMOKERS QUIT Help smokers quit and find other resources at Tobacco Free Nurses. Refer them to 1-800-NO-BUTTS, or call the Quitline number in your state. 1-800-QUIT NOW is the national access number to State-based quitline services

ENCOURAGE ORGANIZATIONS TO CONSIDER THE TRUE COST OF ACCEPTING FUNDING FROM TOBACCO COMPANIES If you are a member of a group considering acceptance of such a contribution, you can highlight the ways this buys legitimacy for the industry—and often silence—on tobacco issues from the groups who become hooked on tobacco money.