http://www.saveone.net Be the Change: Save a Life Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:37:40 +0000 http://www.saveone.net en http://saveone.net/Running-Across-America-Team-Type-1 http://saveone.net/following/saveone.net/Running-Across-America-Team-Type-1 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:37:40 +0000 Be the Change: Save a Life 2247701 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/64929/2247701/RunnerCA_658.jpg" width="658" height="493" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/64929/2247701/RunnerCA_o.jpg" data-mid="11252544" border="0" align="left"/> BLOG 4 8:15 Miles by Marcus Grimm The Run Across America itinerary is based on Team Type 1 - SANOFI running 8:15 miles. How fast that sounds, of course, is relative. To the men on Team Type 1, an 8:15 mile – or a few of them strung together – is not particularly fast. In fact, most of their marathon times are faster than that per mile. But don’t kid yourself; 8:15 isn’t exactly slow. Go to any local 5k in your neighborhood, pay the twenty bucks, toe the line and knock the race out in about 25:30. In most cases, that time will put you in the top third of the field, and depending on your age group, you may even come home with a magnet or ribbon for placing in the top 3. Now realize this: the pace you just ran is equal to what the members of Team Type 1 SANOFI are averaging for their entire run across the country. Not that they’ve been able to knock out even efforts so far. At this point, in Arizona, more than seven thousand feet above sea level, they’ve climbed a lot of hills. In Van A, Matt Patrick jokes that Tom Grossman has been lucky enough to have taken most of his pulls on the uphills while Patrick has benefited from more than his share of the descents, which he’s taken at more or less his own 5k pace. For reference, that’s about 5:30 per mile, while Grossman has chipped away at the grotesque uphills at a much slower pace. Still, when you average it altogether, Van A seems to be holding up their end of the 8:15 bargain. BLOG 3 Adjustments by Marcus Grimm <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/64929/2247701/BrianFoster1_658.jpg" width="658" height="493" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/64929/2247701/BrianFoster1_o.jpg" data-mid="11252554" border="0" align="left"/> After a night of running through the Mojave Desert, Team Type 1 - SANOFI now finds itself in Arizona, the third state in their RUN ACROSS AMERICA. Gone is the excitement from the pier in Oceanside, CA and the pandemonium of the first day and well wishes of friends and family. What remains now is the realization that the desert is very quiet and that the team has so very far to go. In Van A, the runners are learning what twenty miles a day of work means to their diabetes. “I’ve lowered my basal rates by about 30%,” says Tom Grossman, referring to the amount of long-acting insulin that regularly enters his body via his insulin pump. Matt Patrick counters that he’s down 20%, while Ironman Casey Boren hasn’t adjusted his rates a bit. It’s one of the many ironies of diabetes; it’s such a personal disease that even if you and another man are spending all of your time together doing the same thing, you won’t slay this dragon the same way. To a man, though, their bodies are now far more sensitive to exercise. Each of their shifts average around thirty to forty minutes of running, a short enough span that seasoned athletes wouldn’t expect their blood sugar to change much. And yet, during a spell through the desert last night, Kevin Powell watched his blood sugar plummet one hundred points during a single shift. At times like these, the runners are immensely grateful for healthy fast-acting carbohydrates like PowerBar Energy Blasts. And of course, for each other. “You’re running in the middle of the desert in the middle of the night,” says Matt Patrick, “and yet you’re surrounded by a bunch of guys who know how to keep you safe and keep you moving.” For now, keeping moving is what it’s all about. BLOG 2 Lost by Marcus Grimm After the seven-mile hill into Beaumont, CA, a weary Van A gratefully passed the baton to Van B, whose runners include team manager Tom Kingery and Kona Ironman finisher Ben Semeyn. Unlike Van A, whose participants had been forced to run on little or no sleep, Van B’s day started with a siesta in the RV’s. Despite the excitement of the day, Kingery said sleep came quickly for him and his teammates. Figuring they got about four good hours of rest, the day seemed to be off to a great start for the group. But when Semeyn missed a turn onto a tiny dirt road early into his run, the runners in Van B instead found themselves looking for the Ironman in the California desert. Semeyn wasn’t concerned for his diabetes. A wise diabetic plans for such contingencies and he had plenty of carbohydrates to maintain his blood sugars. But still, time was wasting. Semeyn had persuaded a kind stranger to use their cell phone just as Van B tracked him down forty-five minutes later. Semeyn said he wasn’t scared, but still, “I was frustrated about the time. We’ve got a long way to go and I didn’t want to be costing us minutes so early into it.” The miscue wouldn’t be the only thing to slow the runners down, though, as desert headwinds, mountainous climbs and dirt roads all continued to challenge the goals of Team Type 1 SANOFI. Still Semeyn isn’t deterred. “We’ve always been a group of guys who are in tune with each other’s blood sugars,” he said, “but it’s amazing to me that we’re already doing the same thing with each other’s runs. We’re very quick to understand who can run further or shorter, faster or slower. ” Kingery agreed, adding that despite the loss of time and what he called a “beautiful, desolate” landscape, “Spirits are high and we’re thrilled to be out here doing this together.” BLOG 1 The First Exchange by Marcus Grimm A little before 5am, the Team Type 1 - SANOFI Running Team passed through Beaumont, CA. After an entire night of running, Van A is definitely ready to pass the baton to Van B. “We’re excited but also fairly tired at this point,” said Matt Patrick of Larchmont, NY. “Some of us just flew in yesterday and there were tons of logistical issues to iron out prior to the actual start of the run. And then on top of that, we had our first shift of running all night.” The combination of logistics and running mean most of Van A has been without sleep for nearly twenty-four hours, and all of them have completed four shifts of running through the night from Oceanside, CA. That’s a distance of more than seventy miles and as important for the athletes, an elevation change of more than half a mile. “We’re just finishing up a hill that seemed seven miles long,” said Patrick. “At least it’s dark, so we didn’t know that going into it.” Their diabetes, thus far, has not been an issue for the team. Blood sugar tests, carbohydrates from sponsors like PowerBar, insulin and five athletes that know how to balance these, have kept the squad healthy and on pace thus far. The answers of how to add sleep deprivation and twenty miles of daily running to the mix lay ahead. But at the very least, the seven-mile hill into Beaumont is now behind. Team Type 1 is a global sports organization dedicated to radically changing the lives of people with diabetes around the world. The organization includes a world-class athletic program made up of 100 of some of the finest professional and diabetic athletes in the world, whose mission is to promote wellness and achievement among people with diabetes. The Run Across America, a journey of more 3,000 miles, culminates on November 14, World Diabetes Day, in New York City. For more information and to follow the runners during their journey, go to www.teamtype1.org/run. BLOG 4 8:15 Miles by Marcus Grimm The Run Across America itinerary is based on Team Type 1 - SANOFI running 8:15 miles. How fast that sounds, of course, is... http://saveone.net/Famine-in-the-Horn-of-Africa-ABC-News-David-Muir-Travels-Back-to http://saveone.net/following/saveone.net/Famine-in-the-Horn-of-Africa-ABC-News-David-Muir-Travels-Back-to Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:54:27 +0000 Be the Change: Save a Life 2025187 TAKE ACTION: Famine in the Horn of Africa has put millions of people at risk. Find out what you can do to help here. TAKE ACTION: Famine in the Horn of Africa has put millions of people at risk. Find out what you can do to help here. http://saveone.net/ABC-News-Launches-The-Million-Moms-Challenge-Join-the-Movement-Today http://saveone.net/following/saveone.net/ABC-News-Launches-The-Million-Moms-Challenge-Join-the-Movement-Today Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:46:20 +0000 Be the Change: Save a Life 2025135 Together, Americans who join the Millions Mom Challenge will be part of a vibrant, online community connected around things mothers care about: the right nutrition to support their pregnancies, trained mid-wives to assist in safe deliveries of newborns, and vaccines that allow children to survive to celebrate their first birthdays and beyond. The Million Moms Challenge is part of ABC News' year-long global health series, "Be the Change: Save a Life," launched last Dec. 17, that has already seen Americans rise to the challenge to fight famine in Somalia, provide education to children in Kenya and outfit the world's poor with eyeglasses to see. Click here for more on the "Be the Change: Save a Life" series. Now, it's about moms. And, now, it's your chance to help. Stay tuned to ABC News' programs – from "GMA," and "World News with Diane Sawyer" to "Nightline" and "20/20" – for segments about what you can do to help women around the globe. The Challenge will all lead up to Dec. 16, 2011, one-of-a-kind, one-hour primetime special on maternal health anchored by Diane Sawyer. The Million Moms Challenge partners include some of the world's most respected NGOs, including African Medical and Research Foundation, CARE, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, GAVI Alliance, mothers2mothers, ONE, Partners in Health, Riders for Health, Save the Children, UN Foundation's Shot@LifeTM campaign, US Fund for UNICEF, White Ribbon Alliance, and WorldVision. What can you do today? Visit www.millionmomschallenge.com to find ways, large and small, to make a real impact through simple, inexpensive solutions that make a real difference for mothers and children around the world. You can also take part in the site's live, interactive forum where some of the nation's top mom bloggers will share their stories and ideas through blogs and video posts in real time, with moms and midwives in the developing world. But don't wait. For the first 100,000 people who sign on to the Million Moms Challenge, Johnson & Johnson will donate $100,000 to some of the world's biggest NGO partners helping moms and babies overseas. TAKE ACTION: Join the Million Moms Challenge at ABCNews.com/MillionMomsChallenge Together, Americans who join the Millions Mom Challenge will be part of a vibrant, online community connected around things mothers care about: the right... http://saveone.net/A-Cry-For-Help-Crisis-in-Somali-Deepens-with-Outbreak-of-Disease http://saveone.net/following/saveone.net/A-Cry-For-Help-Crisis-in-Somali-Deepens-with-Outbreak-of-Disease Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:04:12 +0000 Be the Change: Save a Life 2008260 A recent measles outbreak in Somalia threatens the lives of millions of malnourished children in what people are calling the "Children's Famine." ABC News' David Muir reports live from Mogadishu. TAKE ACTION: Do your part and find out how you can help those in dire need get food and vaccines by visiting Edesia and the United Nations Foundation. A recent measles outbreak in Somalia threatens the lives of millions of malnourished children in what people are calling the "Children's Famine." ABC News' David... http://saveone.net/Somalia-Famine-Measles-Epidemic-Hits-Mogadishu http://saveone.net/following/saveone.net/Somalia-Famine-Measles-Epidemic-Hits-Mogadishu Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:18:11 +0000 Be the Change: Save a Life 2007842 BY: DAVID MUIR, REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK On our first trip back to Somalia since the end of July, we head toward the newest center of gravity in this crisis, Mogadishu's hospital. The problem is no longer just the famine, it's what comes with it when hunger weakens children's tiny frames. There is a crowd of people outside Banadir Hospital and measles is one of the main reasons parents are bringing their children. Inside the hospital, there is a crush of families waiting for help. Dr. Shafie Gimal, one of only four doctors seeing children, a total of 300 every day, says the hospital has seen six times the number of measles cases this year than last. Gimal takes us upstairs toward the quarantined rooms, where they are desperately trying to keep the measles from spreading, and shows us the one decades-old X-ray machine the hospital has. Then we get to one of those quarantined rooms and see a boy with glassy eyes. His forehead is burning and he has a horrendous cough. His older sister sits with him in bed. The doctor assures us that the boy will be fine. "I am very happy ... because he's here in the hospital," the boy's sister tell us. In the U.S., children have been getting the MMR vaccine to prevent measles since the late 1960s. But here, there are no proper vaccinations because there is no real government. There hasn't been one in 20 years -- leaving an often violent power vacuum. The power struggle has made it impossible to break the cycle of famine. But inside the tiny clinics all over Somalia we discover a race playing out. Humanitarian workers are risking their lives to offer free vaccinations. We visit a clinic where Somali mothers have lined up because they know this is one of the few places where they can actually get vaccines for their children. It is a line of defense built one baby at a time. "No one should be dying of measles in this day and age," says Dawn Blalock, A U.N. humanitarian worker from California. TAKE ACTION: Find out how you can help by clicking here. BY: DAVID MUIR, REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK On our first trip back to Somalia since the end of July, we head toward the newest center of gravity in this crisis,... http://saveone.net/Dangerous-Medicine-Researcher-Pumps-Tobacco-Smoke-Onto-Child-s-Skin http://saveone.net/following/saveone.net/Dangerous-Medicine-Researcher-Pumps-Tobacco-Smoke-Onto-Child-s-Skin Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:18:43 +0000 Be the Change: Save a Life 1990749 By: JON MEYERSOHN At a clinic in East Java, a 3-year-old boy named Satrio lies on a medical table, squirming. His father holds him and his mother looks on as a technician blows tobacco smoke through a small tube onto the boy's skin. Satrio, whose parents say he has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is part of a controversial study by Sutiman Bambang Sumitro, a molecular biology professor at the University of Brawijaya in Malang, Indonesia. Sutiman and his colleagues believe that tobacco can be manipulated to treat illnesses, including cancer. It has been decades since anyone in the U.S. proclaimed any possible health benefits from smoking. Thousands of international studies show tobacco is addictive and harmful to health. The World Health Organization (WHO) says tobacco kills about half its users, or more than 5 million people annually. Even tobacco manufacturers have admitted smoking is dangerous and addictive. But visit Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world, and it can often seem like stepping into a time warp. In this sprawling archipelago of more than 245 million, there are an estimated 60 million smokers, and the number has been rising in recent years, including among those under the age of 15. An estimated 60 percent of men in Indonesia smoke. "20/20" visited Sutiman's headquarters, a spare laboratory on the University of Brawijaya's campus and watched as he conducted an experiment. His lab assistants pumped cigarette smoke into a small glass tank containing about a half dozen white mice. The mice breathed in the smoke, their bodies shaking until they appear to pass out. The process would be repeated again and again over several months. The purpose: to gauge the possible healing effects of the smoke on the mice. If proven successful, Sutiman and several colleagues believe that the cigarettes they use, called "Divine Cigarettes," will actually have the ability to heal certain diseases in human beings. Divine Cigarettes are cigarettes made with tobacco and filters that are specially designed by the doctor and his colleagues. Sutiman and his colleagues believe that through nanotechnology -- essentially manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale -- the harmful elements in tobacco smoke can be eliminated and the healing powers of smoke isolated. "Toxins can be modified to benefit health," said Sutiman. "It also is possible to eliminate free radicals to reduce health risks to smokers and passive smokers." Dr. Gretha Zahar, an early proponent of Divine Cigarettes, has Ph.D in biochemistry. She has said that cigarette smoke helps remove mercury, which she says is the cause of cancer and other illnesses. "Mercury is the cause of all illnesses. In my [Divine] cigarettes , there are scavengers that extract the mercury from the body," she said. Their work makes Western scientists like Jin Zhang cringe. "There is not a lot of science here. It is very scary…one would never be able to do this in the U.S.," said Zhang, a professor of chemistry at the University of Washington. Zhang said he could not conceive of any way that nanotechnology could render cigarette smoke harmless, much less enable it to cure disease. And he dismisses Greta's claims about mercury filtering. He says mercury inside the body is "not just sitting there in the body" for to be flushed out. He said no nanotech filter can accomplish what they Sutiman and his colleagues are claiming. Can Tobacco Smoke Heal? "20/20" recently caught up with Sutiman and a few of his like-minded colleagues at a conference in Malang. Sutiman said his work is not supported by any tobacco companies, and that Western criticisms of tobacco are simplistic. He insists that giving patients antioxidants and anti-inflammatories can reduce the harmful effects of tobacco. Sutiman's subjects, like young Satrio, are treated at a clinic near his lab, where his technicians infuse patients with the smoke from Divine Cigarettes, in the hope of treating them for a variety of ailments. At the clinic, "20/20" met Satrio and also saw another patient -- a young man -- undergoing the hour-long treatment. He lay on a medical table as smoke was suctioned into his skin, including his scalp. Smoke was also blown in his ears. The process doesn't cause pain, though it does expose the patient to the haze of the smoke-filled room for an hour, and treatment of questionable medical value, say critics. Sutiman believes the smoke from the Divine Cigarettes can help treat a number of behavioral disorders, including ADHD -- the condition young Satrio was being treated for -- and some cases of autism. Sutiman admitted he doesn't know yet exactly how it can help autistic children, because as of now "we are doing that in the lab." After Satrio's treatment, ABC News correspondent Dan Harris confronted Sutiman. "Tobacco smoke we know causes cancer. Why would you cover a child in tobacco smoke to treat anything?" he asked. "There is difference. The smoke is different," insisted Sutiman. "We try to understand the smoke with a different angle….We then try to understand how the elements of the smoke interact each other." Indonesia's Minister of Health, a Harvard-educated public health expert named Dr. Endang Sedyaningsih, told "20/20" she is aware of the Divine Cigarette treatment, and is considering taking action. "That practice can be stopped, because that, it's not healing and not proven, so right now we are trying to fight this kind of practice," said Endang. "It's difficult, but we can come to this [clinic] and say that you cannot do that, and also give, information to the people in the village that this is not the way to cure a disease." But for now, Sutiman continues his treatments, his public appearances, and his research at a state-run university. And 3-year-old Satrio continues his treatments, his parents ever-hopeful their son will be cured. Take Action: Get the facts by reading the 2011 WHO Report on The Global Tobacco Epidemic Also To watch the full story on "20/20" click here. By: JON MEYERSOHN At a clinic in East Java, a 3-year-old boy named Satrio lies on a medical table, squirming. His father holds him and his mother looks on as a... http://saveone.net/From-Age-2-to-7-Why-Are-Children-Smoking-in-Indonesia http://saveone.net/following/saveone.net/From-Age-2-to-7-Why-Are-Children-Smoking-in-Indonesia Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:22:34 +0000 Be the Change: Save a Life 1990551 By: JON MEYERSOHN and DAN HARRIS He is a thoroughly modern icon: the cherubic toddler now known around the world as the "smoking baby." More than 13 million people have watched a YouTube clip of the two-year-old puffing hungrily on cigarette after cigarette, twirling them in his hands. But while many viewed this video with amusement and perhaps some shock, it appears this "smoking baby" is just the tip of the iceberg. Indonesia, the fourth most populous country on earth, appears to be in the throes of an uncontrolled tobacco habit. It is a place where domestic and international tobacco companies are able to operate ways they haven't been able to in the U.S. for 41 years. This is a country where, as soon as a visitor steps off the plane, he is bombarded with cigarette ads on billboards and logos; and where, as "2020" found out, there is more than one "smoking baby." In a tiny fishing village in Eastern Java, lives an adorable two-year-old boy named Chairul. Soon after awaking from a nap, he lights up with the help of his own grandfather. The grandfather says he allows Chairul to smoke because it tastes good, "like bread with chocolate." As Chairul smokes beside him, his grandfather said he doesn't think it is a problem. "He sometimes smokes two packs a day," he said, though it appears Chairul does not inhale. Yet he puffs away, exposed to the smoke around him. When warned about the health effects of cigarettes, Chairul's grandfather said: "If the boy doesn't smoke, he doesn't feel good." It's all right, he said, "as long as he drinks enough coffee with his cigarettes." As strange as that may seem, Chairul is no fluke. In a town a few hours to the south, "20/20" found a seven-year-old boy who also smoked while his family looked on. His name is Maulana, and his mother said he has been smoking since he is two, but she hopes he quits when he goes to school this year. As to why she allows her son to smoke, Malauna's mother said: "I can't just stop him abruptly, because he gets weak and cries. It has to be done slowly." It is estimated that about a million children in Indonesia under the age of 16 smoke, and that one third of Indonesian children try smoking before the age of 10. In Indonesia, it is perfectly legal for a child of any age to buy and smoke cigarettes. This, despite hundreds of international studies showing tobacco is addictive and harmful. The World Health Organization says tobacco kills more than five million people annually. In the U.S., tobacco companies haven't been allowed to advertise on TV in 41 years. So, unable to market freely at home, big tobacco has increasingly turned overseas, where they are using the very tactics to reach young people that have long been banned in America. Marketing Cigarettes to Young People In 2008, Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris USA, spun off its international operations, Philip Morris International. In 2005, PMI had acquired Indonesia's third largest tobacco company, Sampoerna. Selling a mix of Philip Morris brands and popular Sampoerna brands, PMI is now the number one tobacco company in Indonesia, with an estimated 30 percent of the market. But to what extent does PMI market to young people? ABC News obtained internal documents from 2005, when PMI was acquiring Sampoerna. These documents target one Indonesian brand, A-Mild to become the "destination brand… for aspirational young adult smokers." A-Mild "does not just understand the spirit of the new generation of Indonesians, but it is also their spirit / their voice!" said another document. ABC News wanted to talk to Philip Morris International, whose headquarters are in New York. After they declined, they sent this e-mail: "We support the strict regulation of tobacco products. In Indonesia we have repeatedly urged the government to introduce tobacco regulation that bans sales to minors, restricts advertising and sponsorship and mandates stronger health warning requirements." Critics say that PMI's advertising, packaging and marketing is seen by children. Tobacco companies in Indonesia routinely sponsor rock shows in outdoor venues and on television, in ads that feature attractive young people. In a second e-mail, Philip Morris International wrote to ABC News: "We have also taken several steps in the absence of comprehensive regulation, such as restricting access to events we sponsor to people aged 18 and above, requiring proof of age with a valid ID card." ABC News also found tobacco billboards and even a kiosk near a school, where students were able to buy individual cigarettes for about a dime. PMI responded: "Clearly cigarettes should not be sold to minors, whether individually or in packs. This practice highlights the need to have a minimum age law in place and, importantly, enforced. We will continue to encourage the Indonesian government to introduce a ban on sales to minors in the shortest possible time frame." "Philip Morris [International] has maintained a standard public stance, that it does not market to children, that it does not want children to smoke," said tobacco control activist Mary Assunta, who has worked in Indonesia. "But the evidence on the street says otherwise, that they need to market to children, because we know that the bulk of smokers start smoking when they are children. You've got to catch them young." Matthew Myers, the president of the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, calls Indonesia "the Wild West for the tobacco industry." "We see marketing practices that we haven't seen in the west in 20, 30 and 40 years," he said. Anti-tobacco legislation has died in parliament, tied up by red tape, and, critics say, tobacco industry influence. This is a place where " pro-tobacco" rallies are organized by tobacco farmers and even religious groups. Recently, thousands surrounded the presidential palace protesting a new bill that would ban cigarette advertising and sponsorship, prohibit smoking in public and add graphic images to packaging. In 2009, there was even a clause taken out at the last minute from a health bill saying cigarettes are addictive. The Center for Public Integrity's International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, in conjunction with ABC News, has reported on barriers to passing tougher anti-tobacco legislation. "Indonesia is the perfect example of what happens when you let the industry do whatever it wants to market to young people and the government does nothing to counteract it," said Matthew Myers. "It's a deadly combination. A government who's doing nothing to protect its citizens and a tobacco industry that will market to anybody of any age." Indonesia's Minister of Health, Dr. Endang Sedyaningsih, who studied at Harvard University, said more than 400,000 people die in Indonesia every year of tobacco-related causes. But she said she can't push too hard for change, for fear her efforts will backfire if she does. Can Children Quit Smoking? Referring to the tobacco companies, she said: "I just don't like them, but… I don't talk loudly about this. If I push too hard then I will get a strong reaction." Dr. Endang cited a troubling statistic: "I can say sadly that children aged 10 to 14 who start smoking is actually rising from 2007 to 2010." And then there is that famous "smoking baby." His name is Aldi Rizal and he is now a chubby four-year-old who lives in rural Sumatra with his family in a one-room hut. After the video aired, embarrassed local health officials set him to rehab in Indonesdia's capital, Jakarta. Now, Aldi's mother says he is no longer smoking. At least for now, she told "20/20." "If I don't buy him toys, he threatens to start smoking again," said his mother. Aldi promised not to smoke, though his mother said she caught him with a cigarette recently because people in town offer them to him when he visits. But living in this environment, where cigarette companies have such free rein to transmit their message, quitting for the children of Indonesia may be easier said than done. ABC News teamed with the Center for Public Integrity's International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in reporting on the tobacco industry in Indonesia. This week, ICIJ released a report on the barriers to passing tougher anti-tobacco legislation in Indonesia. Philip Morris International is the leading international tobacco company, with tobacco products sold in approximately 180 countries. In 2010, PMI captured an estimated 16 percent share of the total international cigarette market outside of the U.S., excluding China. In 2010, Philip Morris International reported worldwide revenues of $27 billion and an operating income of $11.2 billion, according to the company's annual report. PMI spends more than $200 million marketing in Indonesia, and overall sales have increased by 25 percent in the last decade. For more information about smoking in Indonesia and Philip Morris International visit these websites: Take Action: Learn more by visiting the following websites http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/ http://www.pmi.com http://www.seatca.org/ To watch the full story on "20/20" online click here. By: JON MEYERSOHN and DAN HARRIS He is a thoroughly modern icon: the cherubic toddler now known around the world as the "smoking baby." More than 13 million... http://saveone.net/Iman-and-Christy-Turlington-s-Fashion-Week-Mission http://saveone.net/following/saveone.net/Iman-and-Christy-Turlington-s-Fashion-Week-Mission Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:03:44 +0000 Be the Change: Save a Life 1977252 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/64929/1977252/gty_christy_turlington_iman_mw_110907_main_1.jpg" width="413" height="310" width_o="413" height_o="310" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/64929/1977252/gty_christy_turlington_iman_mw_110907_main_1_o.jpg" data-mid="9813366" border="0" align="left"/> By: Sheila Marikar Iman and Christy Turlington defined late ’80s, early ’90s glamour. Calvin Klein. Vogue. Versace. Runway after runway. But for them, this New York Fashion Week, which starts today, is less about the clothes and more about a cause. “We used to joke for years and years that fashion week in New York is like the United Nations summit of models,” Iman told ABCNews.com at the launch of the Modelinia BFF Bracelet Wednesday. Proceeds of the $35 bracelet go to Save the Children’s efforts to treat malnourishment in Somalia and East Africa. “My immediate concern is about the famine and trying to alleviate that,” said Iman, who was born in Somalia. “In the long term we’re hoping that maybe an interim government in Somalia is established. So there is law and order, so there will be a government, so there will be schools. That is really my hope for Somalia.” The 56-year-old model (she looks maybe half that age) roped in a handful of professional posers to help promote the bracelet, including Karlie Kloss, Coco Rocha, Doutzen Kroes and Turlington. The former face of Maybelline isn’t walking in any shows this season. “To be honest, I spend most of my time doing this kind of work,” Turlington told ABCNews.com. “I’ve traveled a lot to sub-Saharan Africa. This is a region I know fairly well. This touched me especially because of the footage of so many mothers who are either pregnant or trying to nurse their children or trying to feed their children is devastating. I’m a mom of two and watching anything remotely like that … it’s like my biggest fear to not be able to feed or give my children what they need.” Turlington, 42, made a documentary about at-risk pregnant women, “No Woman, No Cry,” that aired on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN in May. Like Iman, who serves as the spokeswoman for Keep a Child Alive, Turlington has more than one project (she’s an ambassador for the HIV charity (RED) and is pursuing a degree in public health at Columbia University). There’s little time for industry schmoozing. She said she’s seeing maybe one fashion show in the coming week. But though her runway days may be behind her, she still relies on the fashion community. “I think if I didn’t have my career, I wouldn’t have as many relationships to call on when I need help and support,” she said. “And again, that’s just the way our world works in terms of the media and people’s attention span. To me, whatever works in a positive way, I think you’ve got to use what you’ve got.” TAKE ACTION: Click here to find the BFF bracelet. By: Sheila Marikar Iman and Christy Turlington defined late ’80s, early ’90s glamour. Calvin Klein. Vogue. Versace. Runway after runway. 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