Leslie Nuchow began Virginia SLAM as a counter movement against the Virginia Slims record label, Woman Thing Music. Leslie refused a lucrative offer from the label after learning that in order to buy a Woman Thing Music CD, you were required to purchase two packs of Virginia Slims cigarettes. It was clear that this was not a music project; it was a tobacco project to try to lure young people, especially young women, into smoking. Leslie decided to use the healing power of music to expose and SLAM harmful industries and organizations. Virginia SLAM produced two SLAM concerts in 1997 and 1998, featuring the Indigo Girls and Shawn Mullins that focused on keeping the tobacco industry out of music.SLAM concerts bring together highprofile musicians and lesserknown acts, using the power of their music to SLAM industries and organizations that are harmful to humanity. Virginia SLAM, Inc. is a 501c3 not for profit corporation.

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