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Action on Smoking and Health - U.K. provides comprehensive information on all aspects of tobacco use and control, including statistics and health information. http://www.ash.org.uk/ |
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American Cancer Society is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem through research, education, advocacy, and service. http://www.cancer.org/ |
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American Heart Association is a national health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. http://www.americanheart.org/ |
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American Legacy Foundation was established in 1999 as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between attorney generals and the tobacco industry. The Foundation develops national programs that address the health effects of tobacco use, helping young people to reject tobacco and adult users to quit. http://www.americanlegacy.org/ |
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American Lung Association offers a variety of smoking control and prevention programs, and its website contains links to local ALA agencies, research and statistics, cessation materials, press releases, and information on targeted groups (women, minorities, etc.). http://www.lungusa.org/ |
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Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids is one of the nation's largest non-governmental initiatives ever launched to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke. http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/ |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) is an expansive source of information from the Office on Smoking and Health. They provide access to research publications, educational materials, quitting information, a secondhand smoke toolkit, and a media campaign resource center. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ |
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Economics of Tobacco Control, a site of the World Bank, provides information, analysis and data on tobacco use and policies to reduce it. http://www1.worldbank.org/tobacco/ |
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Foundation for a Smoke-free America is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate people of all ages about smoking and tobacco use. Their website includes resources for schools and educators. http://www.anti-smoking.org/ |
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KidsHealth is a health information source for kids, teens, and parents. In addition to information on various health topics, tobacco use prevention and cessation are discussed. http://www.kidshealth.org/ |
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S.A.F.E. Smokefree Air For Everyone is a network of individuals injured or disabled by secondhand smoke. They provide peer support, free information, and referrals to individuals and advocate for policies and laws which protect the public from exposure to secondhand smoke. http://www.smokefreeapartments.org/ |
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Smoke Free Movies aims to eliminate promotion of tobacco use and brands in U.S. films, which provide both domestic and international marketing opportunities. http://smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/ |
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Tobacco Education Clearinghouse of California (TECC): A world of tobacco education materials at www.tobaccofreecatalog.org |
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TobaccoScam aims to stop Big Tobacco's use and abuse of the U.S. hospitality industry to protect its profits at the consumer's expense. http://www.tobaccoscam.ucsf.edu/index.cfm |
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Tobaccowatchdog.org, is a resource for parents, kids, merchants and concerned citizen who want to stop the illegal sale of tobacco to minors through the adoption of tobacco retail licensing policies.
http://www.tobaccowatchdog.org/index.htm |
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World Health Organization, Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) is a WHO cabinet project created to focus international attention, resources and action on the global tobacco pandemic that kills 4.9 million people a year. http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/ |
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American Legacy Foundation develops national programs that address the health effects of tobacco use, helping young people to reject tobacco and adult users to quit. Cessation services include a toll-free quitline, the Great Start campaign for pregnant smokers, and the Circle of Friends: Uniting to be Smoke-Free program. http://www.americanlegacy.org/ |
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The American Lung Association offers a variety of smoking control and prevention programs. For people who already smoke, the American Lung Association offers its Freedom From Smoking® program, considered the "gold standard" of group-setting, peer-support smoking cessation programs. http://www.lungusa.org/ |
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The California Smokers' Helpline (1-800-NO-BUTTS) is a telephone program that can help you quit smoking. Helpline services are free, funded by the California Department of Health, and available in several languages. http://www.californiasmokershelpline.org/ |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) is an expansive source of information from the Office on Smoking and Health. Useful resources to help you quit smoking are provided. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/how2quit.htm |
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QuitNet helps smokers kick their nicotine addiction. Online support forums for discussion, information on cessation methods, and quitting resources are available. http://www.quitnet.com/ |
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Smokefree.gov was created by the Tobacco Control Research Branch of the National Cancer Institute, and provides a variety of resources to best fit each individual smoker's needs. http://www.smokefree.gov/ |
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Action on Smoking and Health is a national legal-action antismoking organization. ASH provides users with the latest news, education, and legal information regarding tobacco smoke. http://www.ash.org/ |
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Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights is a national lobbying organization with advocacy resources for reducing environmental tobacco smoke. Its website includes information on smoke-free ordinances nationwide and tobacco industry practices. http://www.no-smoke.org/ |
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California Attorney General Tobacco Litigation and Enforcement site contains detailed information on the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between the attorneys general and the tobacco industry, frequently asked questions, and an on-line complaint form to report potential settlement violations. http://caag.state.ca.us/tobacco/index.htm |
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Institute for Global Tobacco Control of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health strives to prevent death and disease from tobacco use through research, education, evaluation, and policy development. http://www.jhsph.edu/IGTC/ |
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Join Together Online is a web-based resource that supports community-based efforts to reduce, prevent, and treat substance abuse. Action alerts, current news, and legislative updates are available. http://www.jointogether.org/ |
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LA Health Brief: Adult Smoking is published by the Los Angeles County Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology. Based on data from the 2002-2003 Los Angeles County Health Survey, this report provides the latest information on adult smoking trends in the County.
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/wwwfiles/ph/hae/ha/lahealthsmoking.pdf
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Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University is a think/action tank devoted to study the abuse of tobacco and other substances as they affects our society. http://www.casacolumbia.org/ |
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Technical Assistance Legal Center (TALC) is a project of the Public Health Institute and provides free legal technical assistance to California communities for tobacco control policy needs. http://www.phi.org/talc/ |
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Tobacco Control Resource Center provides technical assistance, training, legal research, and litigation support, and promotes tobacco control through the media, the Internet, and legal, medical and public health journals. http://www.tobacco.neu.edu/ |
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Tobacco.org presents tobacco headlines and news links from both domestic and international sources, as well as tobacco industry documents and information on tobacco control resources. http://www.tobacco.org/ |
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TobaccoPedia is an online tobacco encyclopedia, providing information on health effects, economic costs, cessation resources, litigation, advertising, environmental issues and much more. http://www.tobaccopedia.org/ |
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is actively involved in reducing the personal, social, and economic harm caused by tobacco through training, education, research, and projects. Relevant publications, special reports, and other resources are available. http://www.rwjf.org/programs/programArea.jsp |
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Truth is a major national tobacco youth prevention and education campaign of the American Legacy Foundation. The campaign includes award-winning advertising, grassroots promotional events, and an interactive website that allow teens to get the facts about tobacco use and tobacco marketing so they can make informed decisions about smoking. http://www.thetruth.com/ |
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BADvertising Institute alters misleading tobacco industry ads to more accurately depict the effects of tobacco use. “Honest ads” are available for download and the website provides tips on how to create counter-advertising. http://www.badvertising.org/ |
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Joe Chemo is a youth-friendly site that allows visitors to test their Tobacco IQ, send Joe Chemo E-cards, and get helpful information. http://www.joechemo.org/index.html |
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Kick Butts Day is the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' annual celebration of youth leadership and activism in the fight against Big Tobacco. http://kickbuttsday.org/ |
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California 's Youth Media Network is a peer-to-peer communications network designed to provide information to teens and preteens about tobacco and health issues related to tobacco use. http://www.ymn.org/about.shtml |
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Tobacco Archives.com is a website available to the public and litigants that provides access to millions of pages of tobacco company documents that have been produced in civil smoking and health litigation in the United States. http://www.tobaccoarchives.com/ |
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Tobacco Control Archives are a public collection of papers, unpublished documents, and electronic resources relevant to tobacco control, litigation, and the tobacco industry. http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/ |
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Tobacco Documents Online is an extraordinary collection of some of the most important tobacco industry and commerce committee documents. http://tobaccodocuments.org/ |
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