
American Cancer Society (ACS): Tobacco: Provides information on the dangers of tobacco, as well as tools for prevention and cessation for both smokers and users of spit tobacco; ACS sponsors the Great American Smokeout [http://www.cancer.org/gasp], an annual event in which smokers are encouraged to quit smoking for one day.
American Lung Association: Provides information on lung diseases, tobacco control, and environmental health.
CDC Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS): Provides research results, educational materials, and quitting tips; includes special sections for kids and teens.
Environmental Protection Agency Indoor Air Quality/ETS: Provides information and links about secondhand smoke.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke information: Fact sheet about the health effects of environmental tobacco smoke.
FDA: Children and Tobacco: Provides information about the effects of tobacco on young people and on FDA activities designed to limit tobacco use by children and adolescents.
National Cancer Institute Publications: Smoking/Tobacco: Provides online brochures on a variety of tobacco-related topics, including tips for quitting.
National Institute on Dental and Craniofacial Research: The Facts About Dip and Chew: Provides basic information (with graphic photos) about the health effects of spit tobacco.
National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse: Presents information on the effects of spit tobacco use.
Quitnet: Provides interactive tools and questionnaires, support groups, a library, news on tobacco issues, and quitting programs for both smokers and spit tobacco users.
World Health Organization Tobacco Free Initiative: Provides information on the health effects of tobacco use and promotes the goal of a tobacco-free world.
World No Tobacco Day: Provides information about the annual event as well as testimonials from smokers who have quit and resources for parents to help prevent teen smoking.
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH): Provides statistics, news briefs, and other information.
American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout: Presents anti-smoking resources for students.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Provides information and links about tobacco control efforts relating to youth.
Kickbutt: Gives news and current events relating to tobacco control as well as opportunities to contact elected representatives.
National Association of Attorneys General: Provides materials relating to the settlement deal between major tobacco companies and the attorneys general of many states.
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids: Offers current news and information about tobacco use, laws and regulations, and political contributions by tobacco companies.
Public Citizen: Tobacco: Tracks political activities and lobbying efforts and expenses relating to tobacco.
Smokescreen Action Network: Provides news and information on congressional representatives voting records on tobacco-related issues as well as opportunities to send letters.
Tobacco BBS: A resource center on tobacco and smoking issues that includes news and information, assistance for smokers who want to quit, and links to related sites.
Tobacco Control Archives: Joe Camel Campaign: A collection of 80,000 pages of once-confidential documents relating to the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Companys Joe Camel advertising campaign; the documents were released as a result of a lawsuit and have been posted by the University of California San Francisco library.
Tobacco Control Resource Center and Tobacco Products Liability Project (TPLP): Provides current information about tobacco-related court cases and legislation; based at the Northeastern School of Law.
CDC Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS)
National Cancer Institute (Includes materials in both English and Spanish.)
See also the listings for Chapters 9 (drug use and abuse), 15 (cardiovascular health), and 16 (cancer).
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