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Cessation Team Links
Tobacco Quitline MISSISSIPPI
The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi's Tobacco Quitline is designed toprovide you with counseling and supporting information to help you quit smoking and stop chewing tobacco. The Tobacco Quitline is managed by IQH - Information for Quality HEALTHCARE - and is staffed by trained tobacco specialists who understand your addiction.
800-QuitNow
OTHER
LINKS
Action
on Smoking and Health
The
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is an antismoking organization
geared toward protecting the rights of all nonsmokers. They provide information and news updates on several health
topics including smoking and its deadly effects.
(202)
659-4310
Agency
for Healthcare Research Quality
The Agency for Healthcare
Research Quality (AHRQ) provides materials on smoking cessation
for health professionals and consumers.
800-358-9295
American
Cancer Society Great American Smokeout
Informational website
developed by the ACS educating children on the hazards of
tobacco.
800-227-2345
American
Lung Association
The Tobacco Control
tab on the American Lung Association's (ALA) website contains
information about smoking and women, targeted populations,
quitting smoking, and much more.
800-586-4872
Americans
for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR)
This lobbying organization
serves to protect the rights of nonsmokers and to protect
America's youth from tobacco addiction. They provide
information to the public on various tobacco-related topics.
510-841-3032
Association
for the Treatment of Tobacco Use & Dependence
The Association
for the Treatment of Tobacco Use & Dependence (ATTUD)
is an organization of providers dedicated to the promotion
of and increased access to evidence-based tobacco treatment
for the tobacco user.
(508) 856-5886
Campaign
for Tobacco-Free Kids
This site is geared
towards informing kids about the dangers of smoking through
information about state tobacco settlements and Kids'
Corner. Tobacco news and special reports are
easy to find. This is a good resource for teachers and
youth group leaders.
800-284-5437
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
Very detailed website with information relevant to everyone, i.e., TIPS 4 KIDS and TIPS 4 TEENS. Also information for educators. Information available in Spanish.
(770) 488-5705
Department
of Health and Human Services
The website of the
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provides information
on diseases & conditions, safety & wellness, drug
& food information, disasters & emergencies, grants
& funding, families & children, aging, specific populations,
and resource locators.
(202) 619-0257
Emphysema
Foundation For Our Right To Survive (EFFORTS)
Read firsthand accounts
of the health efforts of smoking from members of EFFORTS,
a non-profit group which is composed of people taking an active
role in an organization working to facilitate the education,
treatment, and cure for Emphysema and related lung diseases.
(816) 413-0176 Fax
Legacy
Tobacco Documents Library
The Legacy Tobacco
Documents Library (LTDL) contains 7 million documents related
to advertising, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and scientific
research of tobacco products. Visitors can search, view,
and download these documents from this web site.
National
Cancer Institute
Brochures are available
at no charge in quantities of 20. Others are available
at a small charge.
800-422-6237
National
Health Information Center
This is a health
information referral service providing a health information
resource database and a publication listing that can be used
to refer individuals to the appropriate health resources. These resources may include health organizations, health publications,
etc.
1-800-336-4797
301-565-4167
National
Institute on Drug Abuse
This website contains
in-depth information on nicotine, cigarettes,
and tobacco products.
Professional Assisted Cessation Therapy (PACT)
PACT is an independent consortium of leaders in the treatment of tobacco dependence whose mission is to lower barriers to broader utilization of cessation therapy through education and advocacy. PACT is dedicated to helping health professionals help their patients to help themselves.
Tobacco.org
Provides on-line
news, updates, and other information pertaining to tobacco
and smoking. Offers a state-by-state list of tobacco-related
organizations and produces SmokeFree Air, a newsletter available
to the public.
(202) 955-9099
Smokefree.gov
Smokefree.gov, a
program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
with the Department of Health and Human Services, is intended to help you or someone you care about quit smoking.
Society
for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
The Society for
Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) has over 1,000 members,
including many of the top experts on nicotine and tobacco from over 20 countries around the world. The mission
of the Society is to stimulate the generation of new knowledge
concerning nicotine in all its manifestations - from molecular
to societal.
Surgeon
General's Reports
Find the Surgeon
General's reports since 1964. Includes the history of tobacco use and tobacco prevention findings.
(202) 619-0257
Tar
Wars
Tar Wars is a national
pro-health children's tobacco-free education program and poster
contest. It is designed to discourage tobacco use among
youth through education and community involvement. Tar
Wars is or fourth and fifth graders in the United States
and abroad. It is a program of the American Academy
of Family Physicians.
(601) 957-7722
888-350-4886
The
Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing
This site provides
step by step information to guide you through the community
organizing process. Provided by California's Center
for Tobacco Policy & Organizing.
(916) 442-4299
The
Health Authority
Website that provides
the latest information on important health topics including
tobacco addiction.
The
Social Science Research Center (Mississippi State University)
This site provides
information on the social climate for tobacco control, health
policy briefs and other pertinent tobacco-related information
on the social, economic, and political problems facing the
state.
The
Truth Campaign
The Truth Campaign
is a program of the Florida Tobacco Prevention and Control
Program.
Tobacco
Control On-line
An international
peer review on-line journal for health professionals and others
in tobacco control.
800-482-1450
Tobacco
Control Advocacy (NAAAPI)
For the National
Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery (NAAAPI),
tobacco control advocacy is the mission to change social policy
or societal norms through education and action. NAAAPI
has worked since 1991 to impact the effects the tobacco industry
has had on the African American community and other communities
of color.
(215) 235-6488
Tobacco
Products Liability Project
Founded in 1979 by doctors, academics, and
attorneys, serves as an umbrella organization that implements
tobacco control projects.
(617) 373-2026
World
Health Organization
The World Health
Organization (WHO) is the United Nations' specialized agency
for health. It was established on April 7, 1948.
WHO's objective is the attainment by all peoples to the highest
possible level of health. Information is available in
French and Spanish.
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