INTERACTIVE
SITES
Passive Smoking Analyser
Cost of Smoking Calculator
Nictoine Dependency Calculator
CANADIAN SITES
Alberta Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Commision (AADAC)
Providing information, prevention and
treatment services to help Albertans with alcohol, other drug and
gambling problems. Their services are based on research and best
practices in the field of addictions, including tobacco.
BC Tobacco Facts
BC Ministry of Health Planning's tobacco
information for kids and their parents.
Canadian Council for Tobacco
Control (CCTC)
Formerly the Canadian Council on Smoking
and Health, the CCTC is a national non-profit organization specializing
in tobacco and health issues.
Health
Canada’s Tobacco Control Site
National Clearinghouse
on Smoking and Health
Providing information and networking services
relevant to tobacco use prevention and reduction programs, projects,
resources, and advocacy initiatives with the objective of contributing
to the goal of a tobacco-free Canada. Website includes online search
access to the NCTH library catalogue.
Non-Smokers' Rights Association
(NSRA)
Canada's leading tobacco control organization.
NSRA has lead the campaign for numerous precedent-setting policy
measures including tobacco tax increases; restrictions on advertising,
sponsorship, and promotion; restrictions on smoking; and cigarette
health warnings. The NSRA is recognized as one of the most effective
tobacco control organizations in the world.
Ontario Tobacco Research
Unit (OTRU)
Established by the Ontario Ministry of Health
in 1993 to undertake a program of research, development and dissemination
of knowledge about effective tobacco control programs and policies.
Physicians for a Smoke-Free
Canada (PSC)
A national health organization, founded
in 1985 as a registered charity. They are a unique organization
of Canadian physicians who share one goal: the reduction of tobacco-caused
illness through reduced smoking and reduced exposure to second-hand
smoke.
Prevention Source BC
Prevention Source BC is the provincial prevention
resource centre which supports organizations and individuals in
British Columbia involved in the prevention of substance misuse.
UNITED STATES
Americans for Nonsmokers'
Rights
The only national lobbying organization
dedicated to nonsmokers' rights, taking on the tobacco industry
at all levels of government to protect nonsmokers from secondhand
smoke and youth from tobacco addiction.
Welcome to Crazyworld
Tobacco facts aimed at youth.
National Center for Tobacco-Free
Kids
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is the
country's largest non-government initiative ever launched to protect
children from tobacco addiction and exposure to second-hand smoke.
Smoke-Free Home Page and
Resource Central
Home to Autonomy Publishing's "No Smoke" software and
comprehensive tobacco control and cessation resources.
Tobacco Information and
Prevention Source (TIPS) - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
CDC pledges to promote health and quality
of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
TIPS offers its visitors access to tobacco-related resources, information,
and advocacy support.
INTERNATIONAL
GLOBALink
Initially designed to serve as an international
tobacco control computer network with the objective of facilitating
coordination among tobacco-control advocates. GLOBALink has expanded
to provide a full range of electronic communication services in
cancer information and control to the UICC membership, the general
public, as well as to tobacco control advocates worldwide.
Tobacco Control
A quarterly scientific journal launched
in 1992 to consider all aspects of tobacco prevention and control. |