Tackling Tobacco - Programs and information for students, teachers, and health care professionals about tobacco, from Texas A&M. - http://tacklingtobacco.tamhsc.edu/
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/tobacco/index.html
Koop Institute - The C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth has projects on tobacco, nicotine, addiction, public health. - http://www.dartmouth.edu/dms/koop/
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. Confe - http://www.uicc.org/index.php?id=707
SAVE: Empowering Survivors of Tobacco Sickness - Trains survivors of tobacco-related illness to speak with children and teens in schools and community groups about smoking and the effects of tobacco products. - 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.cfm?page=44
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?pageid=1046
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.asp?pageid=369
American Heart Association - AHA has a lot of resources on tobacco, cigarettes, smoking, and spit tobacco. - http://216.185.112.5/presenter.jhtml?identifier=498
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; che - http://www.tobaccoprogram.org/
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/past/tobacco_conference.shtml
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH UK) - 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. Focus on Europe - http://www.ash.org.uk/
tobaccofreedom.org - Education, news, research, and analysis. - http://www.tobaccofreedom.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/
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/
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.asp?sitearea=PED&level=1
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/
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 - http://www.vctc.org.au/
Tobacco Control Resource Centre - Working with medical associations across Europe to educate doctors, help patients, and inform public policy on tobacco. - http://www.tobacco-control.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 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/
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/