Tobacco Control Resource Center

Links to Other Tobacco Resources on the Internet

 

The Tobacco Control Resource Center, Inc. provides legal, technical, research, and training support for legislative, regulatory, and litigation-based initiatives to control the sale and use of tobacco as a public health strategy.


Tobacco BBS is an excellent on-line tobacco news service that also provides an index of tobacco-related Internet sites.


The Tobacco Control Policy Research web site.  Monographs of Massachusetts Tobacco Control policymaking are now available on the Department of Community Health Services web site.


ASH (Action on Smoking and Health):  This site provides information on all aspects of tobacco and campaigning to reduce the unnecessary addiction, disease and premature death caused by smoking.


The Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program (MTCP) is a statewide government program dedicated to addressing the severe health risks associated with tobacco use.


Tobacco Documents Online is an extraordinary collection of tobacco industry documents online.


The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is the nation's largest non-governmental initiative ever launched to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke.


American's for Nonsmoker's Rights is 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.


Quitnet is host to the world's largest community of smokers and ex-smokers helping each other quit.


CDC's Tobacco Use and Prevention Information is where you can get the Surgeon General reports on-line and much more.


STAT: Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco
This site is geared towards creating awarenss and ending teenage addiction to tobacco.


The American Legacy Foundation, established to reduce tobacco usage in the United States as outlined in the Master Settlement Agreement, will set in motion a new legacy through a public education campaign driven by a single premise: Promoting Tobacco Free Generations.


NAAG, the National Association of Attorneys General,  is a great source for learning more about the Multistate Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). 


Truth is a campaign developed by teens from all over the country who are dedicated to exposing the truth about the tobacco industry.


Try To Stop.org
Here you can find information about support networks and other helpful websites dedicated to smoking cessation to use in combination with medical advice from your physician. You can also find the hard facts about cigarette ingredients and other tobacco products, as well as the lowdown on second-hand smoke.


The Health Now! Massachusetts campaign is part of the Alliance for a Healthy New England, a six-state effort to increase tobacco taxes and use the proceeds to expand health coverage and promote public health.


The Tobacco Free Networks are active groups of concerned citizens and community programs working in Northeast Massachusetts to address the problem of tobacco use.


The Massachusetts Association of Health Boards is a non-profit organization providing local boards of health with education, technical assistance, representation, and resource development.


The Massachusetts Municipal Association is the only statewide organization that brings municipal officials together to establish unified policies, to advocate these policies, and to share information that increases the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of service delivery to community residents.


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