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.
Do you know of a website we should post? Email the link to our review board by clicking here.