November 5, 2007, ST. LOUIS – The Siteman Cancer Center, Pfizer, Inc. and the St. Louis Blues will recognize students at Turner Branch Big Picture Middle School in St. Louis and Lone Dell Elementary School in Arnold, MO for creative anti-smoking messages as part of Siteman''s annual "Keep Kids Tobacco Free" program.

Students are asked to design artwork and write essays encouraging young people to be smoke-free. The winning artwork will be emblazoned on t-shirts given to the school''s students and faculty at November school assemblies.

The Siteman program will have first place winners and two runners up selected in each category, with winners receiving gift certificates to an area mall. Blues players will be at each assembly to award students their certificates.

In addition, winners and their families will receive four Blues tickets to the Monday, November 19 game against the Nashville Predators and will be honored during a between period intermission.

"It''s exciting to know area children are knowledgeable about the dangers of cigarette smoking and interested in helping others ''kick the habit,''" says Timothy Eberlein, MD, director of the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.

The students will also visit the Siteman Cancer Center for the "Siteman Smokeout for Life" on November 15 for a pizza party hosted by a Blues player. They will also learn about the dangers of smoking from Siteman experts.

The annual "Siteman Smokeout for Life," 10am – 2pm at the Center at the Center for Advanced Medicine at the corner of Euclid and Forest Park, offers information on the dangers of smoking and the benefits of quitting, a free pulmonary function test and oxygen saturation screening, information about smoking cessation classes and an "Ask the Doctor" with lung cancer experts.