Tobacco & Smoking
The British Medical Journal’s ABC of Smoking cessation provides a overview of cigarette smoking from both a clinical and population perspective. It can be viewed in issues 7433, 7434, 7435, 7436, 7437, 7438, 7439, 7440, 7441 and 7442 (published early 2004).
Tobacco.net provides a world of information on tobacco and the tobacco industry with hundred of links. For a small slice of this big pie you might want to consider an investigative report by Mark Shapiro in the The Nation on the involvement of the tobacco industry in smuggling.
Activist Sites
There are a number of activist sites related to smoking. They include ASH - Action on Smoking and Health in the UK and US, Doctors Ought to Care (DOC) and Smokefree.net. The ASH site in the US has an extensive collection of international links. The ASH UK site has links to help smokers quit. We would also suggest the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) site which has information on smoking cessation for smokers and professionals. An updating of the US Surgeon General’s Report on the health consequences of smoking has recently been published. Shardsoglass.com, our favorite anti-smoking site, recommended by our 13 year old son.
Tar Wars. By utilizing a community-based approach to mobilize family physicians, educators, and other health care professionals, Tar Wars is an innovative tobacco-free education program and poster contest targeting fourth- and fifth-grade students. The program focuses on the short-term, image-based consequences of tobacco use and how to think critically about tobacco advertising.
The World Health Organization sponsors the Tobacco Free Initiative, part of which is “World No Tobacco” day.
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