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Communication Initiative Network - http://www.comminit.com/
Numerous papers and summary introductions to programs on smoking and health worldwide. |
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State System - http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/statesystem/
CDC report provides demographics of cigarette usage in each state. |
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Smoke-Free Families - http://www.smokefreefamilies.org/
Innovations to stop smoking during and beyond pregnancy: a new national partnership that can dramatically improve the health of mothers and their babies, while saving lives and cutting health care costs. |
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Tobacco Control Archives - http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/
Collection of papers, unpublished documents, and electronic resources relevant to tobacco control issues. Provided by the University of California, San Francisco. |
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A tobacco-free Europe - http://www.euro.who.int/tobaccofree
Publications, factsheets, and reports compiled by WHO and other organizations on the effects and trends of tobacco use in Europe. |
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Tobacco Control Archives - http://galen.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/
is a central, organized source of information on tobacco. Its purpose is to collect, preserve, and provide access to papers, unpublished documents and electronic resources relevant to tobacco control issues primarily in California. |
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Economics of Tobacco Control - http://www1.worldbank.org/tobacco/
World Bank economics of tobacco control site provides information, analyses, reviews and links to help researchers and policymakers and to assist governments to choose and implement effective tobacco control measures. |
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California Tobacco Policy Experience - http://www.dhs.ca.gov/tobacco/
Papers and factsheets on adult smoking trends in California; California's tobacco education media campaign; do doctors advise their smoker patients to quit smoking; the response of Californians to secondhand smoke; youth smoking trends in California. |
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Tobacco Control Resource Center - http://www.tobacco.neu.edu/
Information on tobacco products and manufacturer liability from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston |
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Position Statement on Tobacco on College and University Campuses - http://www.acha.org/info_resources/tobacco_statement.pdf
American College Health Associations outlines a recommended policy for college campuses, aiming at providing smokefree environments and achieving tobacco use reduction. |
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Motorsport Sponsorship as a Vehicle for Tobacco Prevention - http://www.social-marketing.com/sponsorship.html
Paper presented at a conference on social marketing analyses the effectiveness of an innovative tobacco prevention program: sponsoring a race car. |
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Tobacco, Health and the Law - http://academic.udayton.edu/health/syllabi/tobacco/
Syllabus, reading lists, and online reading materials for a course given at The University of Dayton Law School. Covers history; populations and demographics; proposed laws, regulation, and litation; tobacco and the third world countries. |
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Testimony on Smoking Cessation - http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/stat0298.htm
"Other than immunization, smoking cessation is the most cost-effective prevention intervention for adults" |
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Making the Case: Counter Advertising as a Tobacco Use Deterrent - http://www.advocacy.org/publications/mtc/counterads.htm
Counter advertising can be effective, but its effectiveness depends on factors such as adequate, long term funding; ability to administer the campaign from political interference; a broad-based focus rather than one exclusively tragetting children. |
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Tobacco Control Policy Briefing Papers - http://www.advocacy.org/publications/mtc/index.htm
Papers from the Advocacy Institute on preemption; treating tobacco dependence; counter advertising; secondhand smoke; youth access; special populations. |
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The Master Settlement Agreement and the Future of State and Local Tobacco Control - http://www.tobacco.neu.edu/tobacco_control/resources/msa/index.html
Paper provides a legal and public policy analysis of selected topics and provisions of the multistate Master Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998, including effects on other legal actions, tobacco advertising, youth access, lobbying, and the national foundation. |
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Curbing the Epidemic - http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/wb/
Complete online book. "About 500 million people alive today will eventually be killed by tobacco use". Global Trends in Tobacco Use; The Health Consequences of Smoking; Do Smokers Know Their Risks and Bear Their Costs? Measures to Reduce the Demand for Tobacco; Measure to Reduce the Supply of Tobacco; The Costs and Consequences of Tobacco Control; An Agenda for Action. |
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Tobacco Control and the Precede-Proceed Model - http://www.lgreen.net/hpp/appendix.htm
Follows a single issue, tobacco control, through the phases of the Precede-Proceed model of health promotion. |
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Smoking Cessation is Cost Effective - http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/278/21/1759
Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that smoking cessation programs are cost-effective. |
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The Epidemiology of Smoking in Ukraine - http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec4851/index.htm
Slides from a college lecture reporting the results of a cross sectional survey undertaken in 2000. |
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California's Anti-Tobacco Media Campaign - http://www2.vhi.ie/topic/casmoking
Article on California's anti-smoking ads, what works, and how to have impact with a fraction of the money that the industry spends promoting tobacco. |
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CECHE Tobacco Policy Fact Sheets - http://www.ceche.org/publications/factshts/fctshts.htm
Set of short papers from CECHE, a private nonprofit health policy organization. Addresses US policy that affects international tobacco use; tobacco advertising and promotion; women and tobacco; smuggling. |
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Tobacco control advocates must demand high-quality media campaigns: the California experience - http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/7/4/397
Paper based on media research and analysis of California's tobacco education campaign. Everyone asks what works in anti-smoking education: here are answers. |
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Death and Tobacco Taxes - http://www.rje.org/abstracts/abstracts/1996/Summer_1996._pp._415_428.html
Health and economic analysis concludes that a 10% increase in tobacco tax would save over 5,000 lives a year. |
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Scientific Basis for Various Regulatory Aapproaches for Tobacco - http://tgorski.com/news_analysis/nicotine_addiction_Henningfield_010629.htm
Testimony by Dr. Jack Henningfield on the health effects of tobacco and the scientific basis for various regulatory approaches. |
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State's Antismoking Ads Working, But So Are Prosmoking Ads - http://www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/2000/03-24/features1.html
Research finds that antismoking ads from health groups do decrease smoking, but prosmoking ads from cigarette companies likewise increase smoking. |
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Tobacco: A Global Killer - http://tobaccofreekids.org/campaign/global/pdf/globalkiller.pdf
Short factsheet outlines and provides examples of massive tobacco promotion around the globe, and summarizes the consequences. |
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Presentation by Dr. Fenton Howell, Irish Medical Organisation. - http://www.irlgov.ie/committees-99/c-health/Rep-Evidence/page10.htm
Presentation made to the Joint Committee on health and CHildren of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Parliament of Ireland, on tobacco and health. |
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New Canadian Tobacco Package Warnings Effective - http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/01/09/canadian.cigarettes/
Research shows the new graphic Canadian cigarette warnings are effective. |
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Smoking Set to Kill Millions in China - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/466401.stm
Researchers find a rapid rise in tobacco use in China, where half the smokers surveyed do not know it causes cancer. |
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Restricting Youth Access to Tobacco: Does it Reduce Youth Tobacco Consumption? - http://www.no-smoke.org/document.php?id=395
Summary of the research by ANR concludes the evidence is poor that youth access strategies are effective in reducing consumption. |
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The Opium Wars of the 21st Century: Tobacco and the Developing World - http://pcvc.sminter.com.ar/cvirtual/cvirteng/cienteng/sfeng/sfc6301i/ilown/ilown2.htm
"The struggle against tobacco is not being won, it is being relocated. The tobacco wars of the next century will increasingly be waged among vulnerable populations ill equipped to cope with the slick marketing techniques and the dirty tricks perfected by the tobacco industry." |
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Country Case Studies - http://www.essentialaction.org/country.html
Examines China, Mexico, Viet Nam, Russia, Romania, Poland, Senegal, South Africa. |
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Koop-Kessler Report on Tobacco Policy and Public Health. - http://ash.org/areport.html
Facts, findings, and recommendations on regulatory policy, research policy, public education, youth and tobacco, performance objectives, current users of tobacco products, secondhand smoke, and future of the tobacco industry and of tobacco control efforts. |
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Tobacco Profile for Denmark - http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/docs/eu-docs/denmark
Summary of smoking and tobacco statistics. |
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Smoking Is Not The Answer - http://whydoyousmoke.tripod.com
Short student film promoting non-smoking. Available in QuickTime or RealPlayer format [Flash required]. |
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Social Climate of Tobacco Control - http://www.ssrc.msstate.edu/socialclimate/
Report from the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University; covers tobacco control in Mississippi and in America; youth and adult smoking prevalence trends. |
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State and Local Tobacco Control Programs and Evaluation - http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_3121.htm
Poster session from health conference examines a number of programs focusing on the community or local level. |
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State Programs Can Reduce Tobacco Use - http://books.nap.edu/html/state_tobacco/
National Cancer Policy Board report. Report covers: what is the evidence that state programs make a difference? counteradvertising and education; establishing smokefree workplaces and public spaces; increasing prices through taxation; supporting treatment programs for tobacco dependence; reinforcing youth access restrictions; monitoring performance and evaluating programs. |
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Tobacco: A Legal and Policy Issue of the Elderly - http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/clearinghouse.htm
Policy paper examines impact of tobacco on older people: addiction, secondhand smoke, smoking cessation and health care coverage, smokefree environments for children and grandchildren. |