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Low Tar Exposed - http://www.lowtarexposed.org/
Site explains why "low tar", "light" and "mild" cigarettes are just as harmful as regular cigarettes. |
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CDC's TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/
Maintained by the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. Covers tobacco-related issues, statistics, news, research, data, reports, quitting tips, educational materials, publications, . Also sections dedicated to youth. |
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Tobacco Control Online - http://tc.bmjjournals.com/
A quarterly scientific journal covering all aspects of tobacco use prevention and control. |
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Cancer Facts and Figures - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/stt/stt_0.asp
Concise summary from the American Cancer Society of tobacco use, cigarettes, trends in smoking, profiling smokers, costs of tobacco, nicotine addiction, secondhand smoke, spit tobacco, and industrial hazards. |
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thetruth.com - http://www.thetruth.com/
American Legacy Foundation tobacco education campaign covers cigarettes, smoking, other tobacco products. "The truth about how the cigarette industry operates". |
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Quit Victoria - http://www.quit.org.au/
"Tobacco smoking is the single most important cause of ill health and premature death in Australia." Not just quitting information -- health questions answered; effects of cigarettes; quit evaluation studies; information in languages other than English; smokefree workplaces and dining. |
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Tobacco BBS - http://www.tobacco.org/
Cigarettes, tobacco, and smoking-related news and issues, addresses, tobacco history, information on quitting, and a quote of the day section. |
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Research Report: Nicotine Addiction - http://www.drugabuse.gov/researchreports/nicotine/nicotine.html
Information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse about nicotine, addiction, the extent and impact of tobacco use, how nicotine delivers its effect, consequences of continued use, treatments, and gender differences. |
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WHO Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) - http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/
A WHO cabinet project created to focus international attention, resources and action on global tobacco use and problems caused by that use. |
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A Collection of Articles on Nicotine Addiction - http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NN0031.html
Articles about research studies funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. |
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Tobacco Advertising and Document Collections - http://roswell.tobaccodocuments.org/
Growing set of resources presenting and organizing tobacco industry documents; shows what the industry says in private about youth, advertising, promotions; features a poster on the history of youth cigarette brands. |
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Report of the UK Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health - http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/doh/tobacco/report.htm
Report covers the scientific evidence on active smoking, passive smoking, nicotine addiction, price and marketing of cigarettes and other tobacco products, cessation, key conclusions. |
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eMedicine - Nicotine Addiction - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1642.htm
Medical facts on the physiology of nicotine addiction, and the effect tobacco products have on the brain, lungs, and other vital organs, and a treatment options section. |
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Statement on Nicotine-Containing Cigarettes by David A. Kessler, M.D. - http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/SPEECH/SPE00052.htm
Provides information on industry manipulation and control of nicotine in cigarettes. |
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The Tobacco Reference Guide - http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/
Online book provides quotes, summaries, and factsheets about hazards of smoking. |
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WHO: The Tobacco Atlas - http://www.who.int/tobacco/statistics/tobacco_atlas/en/
History of tobacco, types of use, male and female smoking, youth, cigarette consumption, health effects, secondhand smoke, deaths, costs; the trade, the industry, smuggling, tobacco promotion and marketing, Internet sales, politics; activism, research, tobacco control, policy initiatives; quitting, litigation, pricing, and futures. |
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Smoking Is Ugly - http://www.smokingisugly.com
Created and sustained by Christy Turlington, an online resource guide, providing information and links to numerous lung cancer and smoking-cessation related websites. SmokingIsUgly.com is part of Turlington's campaign to raise awareness about the effects of smoking, smoking related diseases and lung cancer. |
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TCSG - Tobacco and The Elderly - http://www.tcsg.org/tobacco.htm
Papers and factsheets on: tobacco and minorities, state tobacco settlement funds, tobacco and older persons. |
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Addicted to Nicotine: A National Research Forum - http://www.nida.nih.gov/meetsum/nicotine/Nicotine.html
Includes presentation summaries of papers presented at the conference held in 2001 at the (US) National Institutes of Health. Topics include nicotine delivery systems, pharmacology, individual and environmental risk factors, the psychobiology of addition, and treatment of nicotine dependence. |
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Tobacco Web - http://www.nswcc.org.au/editorial.asp?pageid=369
From Australia: cigarettes, tobacco history; current trends; smoking and health, the tobacco industry -- recent revelations; secondhand smoke; young people and smoking; smoking in the workplace; tqitting smoking. |
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Nicotine Junkies - http://whyfiles.org/024nicotine/
Information on kids and smoking, facts about smoking and addiction. |
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Smoking And Tobacco Factsheets - http://www.dhss.mo.gov/SmokingAndTobacco/
From the Missouri Health Department, a large set of factsheets on cigarettes, tobacco advertising, health effects, and secondhand smoke. |
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Nicotine Addiction - http://www1.umn.edu/perio/tobacco/nicaddct.html
Concise factsheet. |
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Tobacco in Australia: Facts and Issues - http://www.quit.org.au/quit/FandI/welcome.htm
A complete, online, book, with all citations to the literature. Covers cigarettes, other tobacco products; statistics and trends; health effects; smoking in the workplace and public places; public policy; addiction; quitting; anti-smoking campaigns; and the tobacco industry. |
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Nicotine Addiction in Britain - http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/nicotine/
Complete online book by the Royal College of Physicians; covers physical. pharmacological, and psychological effects; addiction; the smoker's career; regulation of intake; treatment; regulatory approaches; recommendations. |
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Ammonia Added to Cigarettes Can Significantly Boost Availability of Nicotine - http://www.ndsn.org/AUGUST97/AMMONIA.html
Independent research confirms that ammonia added to ciarettes can boost the availability of nicotine up to 100 times. |
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Nicotine and Addiction - http://newash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_114.pdf
ASH-UK factsheet on nicotine, its properties, difficulty in quitting, measures of dependence, withdrawal systems, genetic influence, and tobacco industry recognition of the its importance. |
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Reducing the Addictiveness of Cigarettes - http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/7/3/281?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=Reducing+the+addictiveness+of+cigarettes&searchid=QID_NOT_SET&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=&fdate=12/1/1997&tdate=2/28/1999
Can cigarettes be made less addictive? Scientific paper examines the question. |
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OncoLink: The Control and Manipulation of Nicotine and Cigarettes - http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/gvo31a00
1994 news article. Kessler report on how the tobacco industry controls and manipulates nicotine in its product. |
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Nicotine Addiction And Cigarettes - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22937
American Lung Association info sheets on smoking, nicotine, and related topics: does smoking help people relax? What quitting methods work? |