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VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control
Conducts research and undertakes policy development work designed to advance tobacco control efforts in Australia and internationally. This site provides information about the centre and its research programs as well as links to important repositories of knowledge on tobacco control both in Australia and Internationally. It is designed for use by researchers, potential researchers, policy makers and advocates.
http://www.vctc.org.au/
ASH - Action on Smoking and Health
Pressure group and registered UK charity, lobbying for a comprehensive national programme to tackle the epidemic of tobacco-related diseases. Excellent collection of links and resources.
http://www.ash.org.uk/
American Medical Women's Association
Organization of over 10,000 women physicians and medical students dedicated to the care of the woman patient; letter of support for US federal lawsuit against the tobacco companies.
http://www.amwa-doc.org/Advocacy/SupportTo...
Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board
Committed to the prevention of addiction to tobacco.
http://www.lcltfb.org/tobacco/default.html
Koop Institute
The C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth has projects on tobacco, nicotine, addiction, public health.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/dms/koop/
American Heart Association
AHA has a lot of resources on tobacco, cigarettes, smoking, and spit tobacco.
http://216.185.112.5/presenter.jhtml?ident...
The American Legacy Foundation
Promoting tobacco-free generations; vision is to become the preeminent authority in tobacco prevention by funding cutting edge research, marketing and education programs that tell the truth about tobacco use.
http://www.americanlegacy.org/
Ontario Medical Association: Tobacco Issues
Papers on secondhand smoke, tobacco industry, stop-smoking medications, smokefree workplaces, cigarette package labelling.
http://www.oma.org/phealth/tobaccomain.htm
International Union Against Cancer
Cigarette smoking is the greatest avoidable cause of disease and death in the world. This program aims to change attitudes to tobacco use in society and to promote a comprehensive strategy to eradicate tobacco production, sales, promotion, and use. Conferences, tobacco control factsheets, publications, news.
http://www.uicc.org/index.php?id=707
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Tobacco research and intervention.
http://www.roswellpark.org/document_123_19...
Tobacco Control Resource Centre
Promotes tobacco control by working mainly with national medical associations in Europe. Encourages doctors to stop smoking and provides information to enable doctors to help their patients quit.
http://www.tobacco-control.org/
American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago
Mission is to reduce the pain and suffering caused by lung disease.
http://www.lungchicago.org
American College of Chest Physicians
It's the chest physician, the cardiac specialist, or the oncologist, that breaks the prognosis to the family. This website goes to the response of the medical community to preventable disease and death.
http://www.chestnet.org/
Tobacco Dependence Program
Dedicated to reducing the harm to health caused by tobacco, through education, treatment, research and advocacy; a program of the New Jersey School of Medicine and Dentistry. Cessation guidelines for individuals and clinicians; tobacco-free policies; chemical dependency and nicotine; consultation and training services.
http://www.tobaccoprogram.org/
SAVE: Empowering Survivors of Tobacco Sickness
Survivors and Victims of Tobacco Empowerment trains survivors of tobacco-related illness to speak with children and teens in schools and community groups about what tobacco products do to their customers.
http://www.tobaccosurvivors.org/
The Heart Foundation Queensland: Tobacco Control
Information on smokefree lifestyles, smoking versus other causes of death, effects of secondhand smoke on the heart, and holding the tobacco industry accountable.
http://www.heartfoundation.com.au/index.cf...
Georgia Alliance for Tobacco Prevention
Committed to creating a healthier tomorrow where fewer children become addicted to tobacco, fewer people are exposed to secondhand smoke, and tobacco users can find the help they need to quit and remain tobacco-free.
http://www.gatobaccoprevention.org/
Tobacco use in British Columbia
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. Summary of the "number one preventable cause of death in British Columbia, killing more than 5,800 people and costing the provincial government hundreds of millions of dollars annually."
http://www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/tobacc...
Tackling Tobacco
Programs and information for students, teachers, and health care professionals about tobacco, from Texas A&M.
http://tacklingtobacco.tamhsc.edu/
Trans-Atlantic Conference on Tobacco
Sponsored by the Koop Institute, a group of health care professionals at Cambridge University and at Dartmouth Medical Center met to discuss tobacco policy, research, and prevention/treatment strategies.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/dms/koop/projects...
Tobacco Free Initiative
World Health Organization provides information on tobacco's health impact, secondhand smoke, economics, youth, industry conduct, women and tobacco, and advocacy for tobacco policy change.
http://tobacco.who.int/
smokefreeVCU.org
Smokefree organization at Virginia Commonwealth University; site features smokefree stories, quit help, posters on smoking and quitting, behavioral strategies for success in beating nicotine.
http://www.smokefreevcu.org/
Survivors and Victims Empowerment Project
The Survivors and Victims Empowerment program identifies, trains and works with tobacco survivors and acts as a resource for groups in North Carolina. Youth listen and learn when a survivor of a tobacco-related illnes shares their story.
http://www.main.nc.us/save/
American Cancer Society: Tobacco and Cancer
Information about the harmful effects of tobacco, quitting tips, smoking legislation, and risks for children and teens.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/ped_10.a...
American Public Health Association
Statement on tobacco control and combating the tobacco industry, paper on the same topics.
http://www.apha.org/wfpha/tcsummary.htm
Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium
TTAC builds capacity to achieve effective tobacco prevention and control programs and policies, by providing information and technical assistance.
http://www.ttac.org/
tobaccofreedom.org
Education, news, research, and analysis.
http://www.tobaccofreedom.org/
Domini Social Investments: Tobacco
Investment firm describes why it will not invest in any companies deriving identifiable revenues from the manufacture of tobacco products.
http://www.domini.com/Social-Screening/Tob...
The Tobacco Web - The Cancer Council NSW
Covers the history of smoking, smoking in Australia, smoking and cancer, secondhand smoke, women and smoking, the tobacco industry, smoking and the environment.
http://www.nswcc.org.au/editorial.asp?page...
The Cancer Council of New South Wales: The Tobacco Web
Fact sheets on the history of smoking, secondhand smoke, young people, women, quitting, cancer, and other health issues.
http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/editorial....
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2006