Surf these sites: He wanted you to know -- Article from the St. Petersburg Times, Florida. Bryan Curtis started smoking at 13, never thinking that 20 years later it would kill him and leave his wife and children alone. Half of all tobacco deaths are people aged 35 to 69; this is one person''s story. National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health - Public Info -- FAQs, factsheets, tables and charts, and lists and bibliographies on tobacco and its effects. Nederlandse Nietrokersvereniging CAN -- Dutch and English provided in this site; lots of tobacco issues, science, and discussion. News TOPIC: Smoking -- From the Heart Information Network, a summary of news items pertaining to cigarettes and smoking. Nicotine, Tobacco, and Smoking - What''s the Big Deal? -- Basic info on smoking, quitting, cigarettes, and other tobacco products. North Adams Tobacco Awareness Program -- Extensive collection of information, links, and resources from Massachusetts. Quit Victoria -- "Tobacco smoking is the single most important cause of ill health and premature death in Australia." Not just quitting info -- health questions answered; effects of cigarettes; quit evaluation studies; information in languages other than English; smokefree workplaces and dining. SIRS reprints on tobacco -- Nice source for articles on all topics, many hard to find, search for "tobacco". Smoke and mirrors -- Large collection of links on smoking and health, marketing of tobacco products, laws and litigation, advocacy and organizations concerned with smoking. Smoke gets in your eyes -- "Why files" series; why is smoking so addictive? Does advertising influence kids to smoke? Smokefree Indiana -- Reducing tobacco use for a healthier Indiana. From Ball State University. "How-to" emphasis. Smokefree Torun -- Guide to smokefree travel and dining in Poland. Poland has been known for a lot of smoking but that''s changing. Smoking And Tobacco Factsheets -- From the Missouri Health Department, a large set of factsheets on tobacco advertising, health effects, secondhand smoke, much more. All sources cited. Smoking Cigarettes -- From a doctor''s group: smoking; quitting; health and money costs of smoking; tobacco industry advertising and political influence; fire; secondhand smoke; spit tobacco; resources on smoking and health. "If you smoke and your doctor doesn''t tell you to quit every time he or she sees you, you need to get a new doctor." Stop Smoking -- Cigarettes can be as addictive as any drug. This Web guide will teach you about cigarettes-how they''re advertised, why they''re so addictive, and how to quit smoking once you''ve started. TCSG - Tobacco & The Elderly -- The Center for Social Gerontology has papers and factsheets on: tobacco and minorities, state tobacco settlement funds, tobacco and older persons. "Today''s generation of older Americans -- those persons born between 1900 and 1948 who are now aged 50 and over -- had smoking rates among the highest of any U.S. generation. In the mid-1960s, about 54% of adult males smoked" Check out in particular the Notes: excellent resources. The Tobacco BBS -- Includes mighty resources for smokers looking to quit. Tobacco Web -- From Australia: tobacco history; current trends; smoking and health, the tobacco industry -- recent revelations; secondhand smoke; young people and smoking; smoking in the workplace; tobacco and the environment; smoking in movies; quitting smoking. Tobacco in Australia: Facts and Issues -- A complete, online, book, with all citations to the literature. Covers cigarettes, other tobacco products; statistics and trends; health effects; smoking in the workplace and public places; public policy; addiction; quitting; anti-smoking campaigns; the tobacco industry; and more. Tobacco on Course to Become World''s Leading Cause of Death -- "With 1.1 billion smokers worldwide, tobacco use has reached the proportions of a global epidemic. By 2030, tobacco is expected to be the biggest cause of death worldwide, killing one out of every six people". National Geographic article. Tobacco or Health -- Kind of a home page for tobacco from the World Health Organization. "Tobacco causes six per cent of all deaths in the world and the toll is increasing rapidly. Tobacco causes more deaths than all other forms of substance abuse combined." Quarterly bulletin, fact sheets, white papers, breakdown of smoking and tobacco disease and death by country. Tobacco use in British Columbia -- Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. Summary of the "number one preventable cause of death in British Columbia, killing more than 5,800 people and costing the provincial government hundreds of millions of dollars annually." Tobacco: The Moral Issues -- Short paper by Joseph Califano, secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1977-79, and now at Columbia University. UCSF Tobacco Control Archives -- California has been a leader in tobacco control; UCSF maintains an archive of important documents, including many formerly secret tobacco industry internal memos. University of Vermont Office of Health Promotion Research -- Citations and abstracts of research done at U Vermont on tobacco use prevention. WHO: The Tobacco Epidemic -- The World Health Organization (WHO) summarizes the situation worldwide: "each year, tobacco causes about 3.5 million deaths throughout the world; this will increase to 10 million annual deaths during the 2020s, with seven million of these deaths occurring in developing countries. Half of these unnecessary deaths are occurring in middle age (35-69), robbing those killed of around 22 years of life." WHO: World Tobacco Facts -- Terse fact sheet from the World Health Organization''s tobacco conference. Tobacco will kill 10 million people a year, 70% of them in developing countries, within a generation. WebMD: Smoking -- Effects of smoking; who smokes? why do smokers fail to quit? what are methods for quitting? what should smokers do until they quit? Some tips for quitting. WellnessWeb Smoker''s Clinic -- Good information for smokers, quitting, or ex-smokers. drkoop.com: Tackling Tobacco -- Overview and news on health and smoking; cigarettes and cigars; featured articles; risk profiler; quitting tips; diagnosis and prevention of diseases caused by tobacco. thetruth.com -- American Legacy Foundation tobacco education campaign. "The truth about how the cigarette industry operates". washingtonpost.com: Tobacco Report -- Washington Post''s online library of tobacco stories. Includes breaking news, politics and policy, ligitation, health issues, teen smoking, industry news, and opinion.
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