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Findlay High School posts video on the web to combat smoking 

Facebook and YouTube are popular websites among teens. But now, schools are logging onto their very own space on the internet to stop smoking on school premises.

"I'm glad I'm a smoker," a student said on camera.

Smokers across the street from Findlay High School were captured on camera speaking candidly by Carrie Lambers, a communications student on a mission to cleanup the corner.

"It was an eyesore to the high school," Lambers said. "So my goal was to show students to do it as a public service announcement, to show that there are teenagers smoking, and I believe that it needs to stop."

The students tackle tough subjects often avoided by schools.

But their advisor, Jim McGonnell, says the kids have full support from the school district to speak freely.

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