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Cut Films winners 2014

By The Filter Volunteer | blogs | Comments are Closed | 24 April, 2014 | 1

Cut Films winners 2014And the winners of the Cut Films Wales Awards 2014 are… Over 18 Judges’ Choice – 1st Place “And I Think To Myself…” Over 18 Judges’ Choice – 2nd Place “For Christmas I Got…” Under 18 Judges’ Choice – 1st Place “The Runner” Under 18 Judges’ Choice – 2nd Place “Match Date”Read more

Marc’s story

By The Filter Volunteer | blogs | Comments are Closed | 10 March, 2014 | 1

On Thursday, ITV Wales News came to our offices to interview Marc, a youth worker who is on placement with us 3 days a week as part of his university course. ITV wanted to interview Marc because research had come out that 30 people under 15 start smoking each day in Wales. Marc had startedRead more

Grossest cigarette ingredients

By The Filter Volunteer | blogs | Comments are Closed | 10 March, 2014 | 0

Just some of the grossest cigarette ingredients… do you know what’s in your cigarette? CASTOREUM – EXTRACTED FROM A BEAVER’S BUMHOLE AMMONIA – FOUND IN HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS FORMALDEHYDE – USED TO PRESERVE DEAD ANIMALS CARBON MONOXIDE – SMOKE SIMILAR TO CAR EXHAUSTS ARSENIC – RAT POISON BUTANE – LIGHTER FLUID TAR – THE BLACK STUFFRead more

Animals Doing Cool Things Instead Of Smoking

By The Filter Volunteer | blogs | Comments are Closed | 10 February, 2014 | 0

Animals Doing Cool Things Instead Of Smoking THIS DOG, JUST HEADING FOR A DAY AT THE OFFICE THIS BUDGIE, BEING A STUNT MAN THIS DOG, RIDING HIS TRACTOR THIS SQUIRREL, WATER SKIING THIS PENGUIN, GOING FOR A GLIDE-A-LONG THIS DOG, BALANCING STUFF ON HIS HEADRead more

Anti smoking slogans as explained by gifs

By The Filter Volunteer | blogs | Comments are Closed | 10 November, 2013 | 0

Anti smoking slogans as explained by gifs WHO SAYS BEING A QUITTER IS A BAD THING? CIGARETTES ARE KILLERS THAT TRAVEL IN PACKS SMOKING IS LIKE PAYING SOMEONE TO KILL YOU. THEY’RE RICH; YOU’RE DEAD FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LUNG CANCER, KEEP SMOKING SMOKING IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF STATISTICS TOBACCO COMPANIES KILLRead more

Why I volunteer

By The Filter Volunteer | blogs | Comments are Closed | 10 August, 2013 | 1

My name is Jac Harries, and I volunteered for The Filter Wales for a week because I wanted to experience what it is like to work in a professional environment and do real life graphic design work for a company. I thought this would be a great experience while also help improve my work skills.Read more

Cut Films winners 2013

By The Filter Volunteer | blogs | Comments are Closed | 10 July, 2013 | 1

Cut Films winners 2013Cut films is a national competition where you create a two minute video about smoking. Share it with your friends to be in with a chance of wining an iPad, voucher and more. Bad Decision Now Or Later? Fag Ninja When You Smokin’ Would You Like Fries With That?Read more

Watch your butts

By The Filter Volunteer | blogs | Comments are Closed | 10 May, 2013 | 1

Watch your butts… don’t worry, we haven’t turned all american on you – the butts we’re talking about are the yellow, stubby tips at the end of cigarettes. Those plastic fibrous little things, aka butts, are on the ends of cigarettes to stop bits of tobacco getting sucked into the mouth and to lessen theRead more

Celebs’ smoking and selfies

By The Filter Volunteer | blogs | Comments are Closed | 10 May, 2013 | 1

The Oscars come and go in a whirlwind of flashing lights, sequin dresses, dapper suits and a-list celebs as far as the eye can see. The newspapers and internet pore over every detail of the night – which designer was she wearing? Who was that lady on his arm? Whether we like it or not,Read more

Smoking during pregnancy – mum’s regret.

By The Filter Volunteer | blogs | Comments are Closed | 10 March, 2013 | 1

Back in March we decided to run a campaign about women who smoke through pregnancy. It’s a really difficult issue because it’s obviously really bad for the baby, but how helpful is giving a pregnant woman a lecture? We were doing an interview with a midwife who specialises in substance misuse. She introduced us to two womenRead more

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