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"The Burning Truth" is the lesson of how one man took hisgrief and turned it into a positive, social movement driven by youthempowerment.Following the national play of his public serviceannouncements on television and the 2001 "Super Bowl" Rick Stoddard began toexpose "The Burning Truth" about the tobacco industry to the youth of America. Read the journal written by Rick during Marie's illness andthe diaries written while on the road speaking after her death. Read from someof the thousands of heartfelt letters Rick has received and hear what the youthhave to say about the tobacco industry and the hold it'sproduct has on them and their families.
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Rick Stoddard is not who you would picture as ananti-smoking activist. Standing over six feet tall, weighing over two hundredpounds and wearing blue jeans, black t-shirt, black leather jacket, square toedmotorcycle boots and a shaved head he looks more like a biker than advocate.His first hand understanding of the devastation to families who have lostsomeone to tobacco has driven him to speak to over 101,000 youth about thedangers of the addiction. Rick hopes through his personal testimony that he canhelp create a generation of non-smokers.Today Rick continues to travel to schools and communitiescarrying his simple message. "My generation can't stop the tobacco industry,"he tells the youth, "but yours can."
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