GENERAL INFORMATION
TobaccoFreeCA.com, sponsored by the California Department of Health
Services
California Department of Health Services: Tobacco Control Section
Public Page
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Tobacco Information
and Prevention Sources (TIPS)
Tobacco.org
A comprehensive tobacco news and information website
Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC)
Provides technical assistance, information resources, and training
for state and local tobacco control programs
Smokefree.net
This website provides a network for communication among smokefree
advocates across the country, all with the common goal of breathing
smokefree air. It also links to tobacco industry documents, facilitates
contact with key decision makers and with other countries.
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TOBACCO-RELATED DISEASE
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP)
“The mission of TRDRP is to support research that focuses on the
prevention, causes, and treatment of tobacco-related disease and
the reduction of the human and economic costs of tobacco use in
California.”
American
Cancer Society – Tobacco and Cancer
American
Lung Association – Tobacco Control
American Heart Association
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SECONDHAND SMOKE – THE RISKS AND YOUR PROTECTION
Office
of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment – Environmental
Tobacco Smoke
Provides documents and notices about Environmental Tobacco Smoke
(ETS)
Health Effects of Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
BREATH: The California Smoke-Free Bars, Workplaces, and Communities
Program
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency – Smoke-Free
Homes
Smokefree Apartment House Registry, California
Americans
for Nonsmokers’ Rights/Americans Nonsmokers’ Rights
Foundation
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LEGAL ISSUES
Technical Assistance Legal Center (TALC), California
“ TALC provides free technical assistance to California communities
seeking to restrict tobacco advertising and promotions, limit tobacco
sales, or divest their pension funds from tobacco stocks.”
California
Department of Justice – Office of the Attorney
General – Tobacco Litigation and Enforcement
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Summary
CDC’s
Tobacco Industry Documents: Public Access to Industry Documents
Tobacco
Trial Lawyers’ Association
Tobacco Control Resource Center (TCRC)
Based in Massachusetts, TCRC works “with tobacco control
professionals to combat the appalling strategies used by the tobacco
to debilitate public health… One of TCRC’s major contributions
to the public health arena is the Tobacco Products Liability Project
(TPLP), which uses litigation against the tobacco industry as a
public health strategy.”
Smokefree Apartment House Registry, California
BREATH: The California Smoke-Free Bars, Workplaces, and Communities
Program
Americans
for Nonsmokers’ Rights/Americans Nonsmokers’ Rights
Foundation
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INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO
Big Tobacco Sucks
“
The Campaign Against Transnational Tobacco mobilizes students to
use the investment power of their universities to challenges the
global tobacco industry’s violation of human rights, public
health and the environment.”
International Women Against Tobacco
Founded in 1990 by women tobacco control leaders, INWAT concentrates
on the issue of tobacco use by women and girls. It provides contacts,
information, strategies, and other support for global tobacco control
for women.
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SMOKELESS TOBACCO
National Spit Tobacco Education Program
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TOBACCO LITTER
Cigarette Litter
“CigaretteLitter.Org is a not-for-profit organization dedicated
to running educational campaigns aimed at significantly reducing
the amount of cigarette litter.”
Cigarette Butt Litter
A project of Clean Virginia Waterways
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PRIORITY POPULATIONS
National Center for Tobacco-Free Older Persons (NCTFOP)
International Women Against Tobacco
Founded in 1990 by women tobacco control leaders, INWAT concentrates
on the issue of tobacco use by women and girls. It provides contacts,
information, strategies, and other support for global tobacco control
for women.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
“ The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is fighting to free America's
youth from tobacco and to create a healthier environment. The Campaign
is one of the nation's largest non-governmental initiatives ever
launched to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure
to secondhand smoke.”
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STUDENTS AND YOUTH ADVOCATES
FUSION
“
FUSION is a statewide youth movement supported by the California
Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN). It's thousands of youth throughout…who
are concerned with the tobacco industry's manipulation and the
death, disease and destruction big tobacco causes.” This
site helps connect California high school students dedicated to
defeating the tobacco industry.
Street Theory
“ Learn the ins and outs of fighting big tobacco. Learn the issues,
make a difference, join the community and discover leaders.”
TobaccoFree.org
“ Empowering smokers to quit successfully. Motivating youth to stay
tobaccofree.”
Youth
Action – Make Your Voice Heard
“ Today's youth activists have chosen to STAND OUT... SPEAK UP...
and SEIZE CONTROL in the fight against Big Tobacco and the youth
action center has the tools to help.”
Children Opposed to Smoking Tobacco (COST)
Children Helping And Motivating Parents to Stop Smoking (CHAMPSS)
This is a relatively new website to assist kids who want to help
their parents quit smoking, to live long, healthy lives. It provides
kids with tips on how to talk to their parents about quitting smoking,
as well as educational materials and other information they will
need to support their parents through a quit attempt.
Big Tobacco Sucks
“The Campaign Against Transnational Tobacco mobilizes students to
use the investment power of their universities to challenges the
global tobacco industry’s violation of human rights, public
health and the environment.”
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