- 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 Europ.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Domini Social Investments: Tobacco - - Investment firm describes why it will not invest in any companies deriving identifiable revenues from the manufacture of tobacco products.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Koop Institute - - The C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth has projects on tobacco, nicotine, addiction, public health.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Tackling Tobacco - - Programs and information for students, teachers, and health care professionals about tobacco, from Texas A&M.
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- Tobacco Control Resource Centre - - Working with medical associations across Europe to educate doctors, help patients, and inform public policy on tobacco.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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..
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- 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.
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- 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.
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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.
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