links by country
AUSTRALIA
*Australian Govt's Quit website:
News, facts, support packs, tips, some graphics smokers may find
disturbing
http://www.quitnow.info.au/
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CANADA
British Columbia Govt
Canadian State Government at the forefront of tobacco control initiatives.
Very user friendly.
www.tobaccofacts.org/
Graphic poster to download of effects of tobacco portrayed through
the body of a girl
http://www.tobaccofacts.org/o2z-pchild.html#Anchor
Canada's Tobacco Law Compendium
Canada's tobacco legislation: the Database Search allows you to
perform a full
database search by specifying key search criteria such as jurisdiction,
keywords,
date, subject headings and so on; the Document Text Search allows
you to specify
a word or phrase you wish to find in the text of the documents.
*Canada Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada
On this site you will find one and two-page factsheets designed
to provide quick and up-to-date information on smoking and tobacco
companies from a Canadian perspective, but provides a valuable insight
into the wealth of information available to activists and students
The information provided is in Adobe Acrobat Form.
www.smoke-free.ca/
The smoker's interactive site (including TSNA's)
Designed to educate about the chemicals in tobacco smoke, and to
inform as to the amount of each chemical a smoker ( or non-smoker
) inhales in a given setting.
http://www.smoke-free.ca/eng_issues/etschemssmokers.htm
Santé Canada - Jeunes
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/reduction-tabagisme/jeunes.html
Santé Canada - Vidéos
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/reduction-tabagisme/video/videoclips.htm
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FINLAND
For young people
www.serialkiller.fi
Unofficial translation of the Finnish Tobacco Act
(available to Globalink subscribers exclusively)
http://www.globalink.org/gt/eu-docs/legislation/
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FRANCE
Le jeunes sur Tabac-net
http://www-tabac-net.ap-hop-paris.fr/tp-parler/tp-jeunes/tp-jeunes.html
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GERMANY
*Bundeszentrale fur gesundheitliche aufklarung
Gesundheitliche Aufklärung liegt im Interesse der Gesundheitspolitik
der Bundesregierung. Die Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung
ist eine Fachbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums
für Gesundheit (BMG).
Gesundheitsvorsorge und Gesundheitserhaltung sind die beiden obersten
Ziele unserer Arbeit. Gesundheitliche Aufklärung erfolgt auf mehreren
Ebenen, eine davon ist die Nutzung der Möglichkeiten durch Internationale
Zusammenarbeit.
Unsere wichtigsten Partner sind u.a. die Europäische Kommission
(EU), die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO), für die die BZgA als
Kollaborationszentrum tätig ist, die Internationale Union für Gesundheitsförderung
(IUHPE) und der Europarat (Pompidou-Gruppe).
http://www.bzga.de/index.htm
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HUNGARY
*Hungarian Respiratory Society
Dohányzásról leszokásban segíto rendelések listája: Budapest , Megyék
Óvodai dohányzás megelozési Program: Tájékoztató, Jelentkezési lap
Hagyd abba és nyersz
http://www.c3.hu/~dvema
Health 21 Hungarian Foundation
Works to promote better health for all Hungarians with special regard
to the deprived, disadvantaged and the poor. In addition, the Foundation
will try to develop innovative methods to be used for fighting the
epidemic of chronic, non-communicable diseases.
http://health21.hungary.globalink.org
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ITALY
No Smoking Italy - Societŕ Italiana di Tabaccologia
This particular page lists 994 of the 4000 chemicals in cigarette
smoke, in Italian.
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POLAND
Torun - smoke-free city
Torun is one of two Polish cities taking part in the WHO smoke-free
cities initiative (the other is Gdansk). Contact: Malgorzata Torunska
ul. Waly gen. Sikorskiego 8 87-100, Torun, Poland tel: +48 56 337
04 fax: +48 56 382 12
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ROMANIA
NGO: Fresh Air Romania
http://uen-ro.globalink.org/
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RUSSIA
A link to many Russian and Russian-language sites - not tobacco
related, but amongst the many sites are topics relating to Russian-speaking
and former soviet block countries
http://www.yahoo.co.uk/Regional/Countries/Russia/Computers
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UNITED KINGDOM
Action on Smoking and Health
Works with others to promote health by eliminating the epidemic
caused by tobacco consumption by influencing policy and public opinion
about tobacco. Very user friendly website for anyone interested
in smoking and tobacco control
www.ash.org.uk
ASH Scotland
www.ashscotland.org.uk
*British Medical Association
Professional association for UK doctors, has spearheaded a tobacco
control programme since 1984
www.bma.org.uk
Cancer Research Campaign
UK's CRC is committed to beating cancer by understanding its causes,
finding ways to prevent it, developing new treatments - then making
sure that the best new treatments reach patients in the clinic here
in the UK and all over the world.
http://www.crc.org.uk/about/about_us_intro.html
The Comic Company
Creates a wide range of interactive publications on health and lifestyle
issues for young people, which can be viewed and ordered on line.
http://www.comiccompany.co.uk/
*Health Centre UK
A comprehensive index of UK health care resources with links to
international sites. Non-UK health professionals may still find
this site useful for its wealth of factual medical information and
contacts
www.healthcentre.org.uk
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*Health Development Agency
The Health Development Agency (HDA) is a special health authority,
established to support and enhance national efforts to improve health
in England, with a particular focus on reducing health inequalities.
In partnership with others, it gathers evidence of what works, advises
on putting evidence into practice, and develops the skills of all
those working to improve people's health.
www.hda-online.org.uk
*National Asthma and Respiratory Training Centre
This site is targeted primarily at healthcare professionals. General
Public visitors may find the Public Area useful for general information
and National Asthma and Respiratory Training Centre publications
available.
http://www.nartc.org.uk/
No Smoking Day
The equivalent in the UK to World No Tobacco Day,this charity helps
smokers who want to stop. It provides resource materials for promoting
the day, including t-shirts, hats, stickers, posters, & communication
materials(bulk quantities are sold).
www.nosmokingday.org.uk
Smokebusters (UK)
Community based initiatives to prevent young people starting smoking.
Funded by health promotion agencies and organised through youth
clubs or newsletters. Now Europe-wide. This page lists publications
where you can find research examining the difficulties of evaluating
Smokebusters.
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/public_health/phresear/sbuster.html
Smokefree Birmingham
A lot of information on smoking, tobacco and quitting aimed at young
people, but takes a while to load
www.smokefree.org.uk/
The UK House of Commons Health Select Committee report on the
Tobacco Industry and the Health Risks of Smoking
Following evidence submitted between November 1999 and February
2000 this unanimously-agreed all-party committee report states that
the tobacco industry's 'imperatives have nothing in common with
the public health community'.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmhealth/27/2702.htm
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Action on Smoking and Health
ASH's website includes news, facts and research papers predominantly
for the US market though
http://ash.org
American Council on Science and Health
The ACSH is a consumer education consortium concerned with issues
related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle,
the environment and health.
http://www.acsh@acsh.org
Centre for Disease Control & Prevention Media Resources
A media resource centre for control activists. Some of the information
can be downloaded (eg US tv adverts) and could be ideal for teachers
of adolescents, but costs are involved for most resources www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/osh/index.htm
Access to online publications and products catalogue - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco
Food & Drug Administration
FDA's Children and Tobacco Web site offers a wealth of information
about the new regulations, the devastating health effects of tobacco
on children and adolescents, and what retailers and consumers can
do to help reduce tobacco use by young people
www.fda.gov/opacom/campaigns/tobacco.html
Massachussetts Dept of Public Health
Public opinion-oriented tobacco control web site. Get the views
on what smokers, non-smokers and those who live with smokers think.
Also interesting facts file and tobacco industry quotes in easily
digestible amounts.
http://www.getoutraged.com/
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Tobacco .org
Site with useful tobacco facts for tobacco control activists
www.tobacco.org/
State Tobacco Information Center
Links to state-by-state summaries, and the text of state lawsuits
and judgements
http://stic.neu.edu/index.html
From the 'Resource links' page, one of the best additional sources
of information is the Tobacco Control Resource Center (Boston)
and The Tobacco Products Liability Project (TPLP) provide
an information clearinghouse on legal aspects of tobacco control.
Essentially for lawyers, but has up to date news on law suits against
the industry globally.
www.tobacco.neu.edu/
*Tobacco report page of the Social Science Data Unit (University
of California)
SSDC help users identify numeric data computer readable formats;
Provide a common user-interface to these datafiles and their documentation
to provide easy access to raw numeric data, allowing each user to
identify, locate, and obtain the data needed as quickly as possible
for the computing environment of his or her choice.
http://ssdc.ucsd.edu/tobacco/
US National Institute of Environment Health Services - 9th Report
on Carcinogens 2000
Names and synonyms of known human carcinogens and reasonably anticipated
to be human carcinogens. Includes tobacco smoke and smokeless tobacco
for the first time.
US Surgeon General
June 2000 guidelines for physicians on smoking cessation efficacy.
Findings include: Multiple efficacious treatments exist, these treatments
can double or triple the likelihood of long-term cessation, many
cessation treatments are appropriate for primary care settings,
and the use and impact of cessation treatments can be increased
by supportive health system policies.
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