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Curbing the Epidemic
Complete online book. "About 500 million people alive today will eventually be killed by tobacco use". Global Trends in Tobacco Use; The Health Consequences of Smoking; Do Smokers Know Their Risks and Bear Their Costs? Measures to Reduce the Demand for Tobacco; Measure to Reduce the Supply of Tobacco; The Costs and Consequences of Tobacco Control; An Agenda for Action.
http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/wb/
Tobacco Control Policy Briefing Papers
Papers from the Advocacy Institute on preemption; treating tobacco dependence; counter advertising; secondhand smoke; youth access; special populations.
http://www.advocacy.org/publications/mtc/index.htm
Tobacco Epidemic: Health Dimensions
WHO factsheet. "Half a billion people now alive will be killed by tobacco products" and other descriptions of the size of the problem.
http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact154.html
Study: Two-pronged effort can cut smoking deaths by 40%
Purdue study on smoking prevention.
http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/960802.Anderson.study.html
The Opium Wars of the 21st Century: Tobacco and the Developing World
"The struggle against tobacco is not being won, it is being relocated. The tobacco wars of the next century will increasingly be waged among vulnerable populations ill equipped to cope with the slick marketing techniques and the dirty tricks perfected by the tobacco industry."
http://www.healthnet.org/programs/procor/9710comm.html
Tobacco control advocates must demand high-quality media campaigns: the California experience
Paper based on media research and analysis of California's tobacco education campaign. Everyone asks what works in anti-smoking education: here are answers.
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/7/4/397
Tobacco, public health, and public policy
Panel discussion at conference. Covers different health and policy aspects. Participants include Stan Glantz, Luanne Nyberg, and Bill Novelli.
http://www.ucop.edu/srphome/trdrp/Aim97/plenary.html
Koop-Kessler Report on Tobacco Policy and Public Health.
Facts, findings, and recommendations on regulatory policy, research policy, public education, youth and tobacco, performance objectives, current users of tobacco products, secondhand smoke, and future of the tobacco industry and of tobacco control efforts.
http://www.tobacco.neu.edu/Extra/hotdocs/kk7-97.htm
Tobacco Control Resource Center
Information on tobacco products and manufacturer liability from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston
http://www.tobacco.neu.edu/
American Lung Association on House Republican proposal
Point by point analysis of the (now dated) proposal. Concludes that it "flunks the test set by Drs. Koop and Kessler and the public health community for effective tobacco control legislation."
http://www.lungusa.org/press/association/asnfailure.html
Tobacco Control Archives
is a central, organized source of information on tobacco. Its purpose is to collect, preserve, and provide access to papers, unpublished documents and electronic resources relevant to tobacco control issues primarily in California.
http://galen.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/
Tobacco Control in California: Who's Winning the War
Tobacco Use Behavior Research, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of California, San Diego. Overview, analysis, and evaluation of what causes smoking and what's effective in prevention and cessation.
http://ssdc.ucsd.edu/tobacco/reports/
Florida Tobacco Control Clearinghouse
A one-stop shop for tobacco resources/news related to control, prevention, and cessation.
http://www.ftcc.fsu.edu
Analysis of the Proposed 1997 Resolution
Analysis of the Master Settlement Agreement by Fox, Lightwood and Glantz; examines whether it lives up to its billing and what it's likely to do for the industry and for the public.
http://www.tobacco.org/Misc/9708glantzanalysis.html
HoltzReport: Tobacco Control
Index of and links to tobacco control stories and research by independent journalist Andrew Holtz, former CNN Medical Correspondent and Kaiser Family Foundation Media Fellow. Includes analyses of the Truth campaign in Florida and the ballot campaign that raised the tobacco tax in Oregon. Also, links to NPR archives and other information on tobacco issues.
http://nasw.org/users/holtza/tob_links.htm
State Programs Can Reduce Tobacco Use
National Cancer Policy Board report. Report covers: what is the evidence that state programs make a difference? counteradvertising and education; establishing smokefree workplaces and public spaces; increasing prices through taxation; supporting treatment programs for tobacco dependence; reinforcing youth access restrictions; monitoring performance and evaluating programs.
http://books.nap.edu/html/state_tobacco/
Smoking Cessation: A Systems Approach
A Guide for Health Care Administrators, Insurers, Managed Care Organizations, and Purchasers. Cost and effectiveness of various quit smoking methods; best practices; recommendations.
http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/smokesys.htm
Smoking Prevalence and Tobacco Policies in the Member States of the European Union
Info as of 1997; overviews of different tobacco policies and tobacco use in Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Sweden, Italy, the UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, Portugal, France, Greece, Germany, Spain, and Ireland.
http://www.ktl.fi/enypat/data/smokeprev_eu.htm
IIRC: Tobacco Investment
"The one place institutional investors, corporate executives, public health officials and other interested parties can go to get comprehensive, up-to-date, impartial information on the tobacco investment debate." Covers recent industry history, shareholder resolutions, legal situations, advertising and promotion of tobacco, and divestment.
http://www.irrc.org
The Communication Initiative - Communication Interventions
Numerous papers and summary introductions to programs on smoking and health worldwide.
http://www.comminit.com/
Reducing the Addictiveness of Cigarettes
Can cigarettes be made less addictive? Scientific paper examines the question.
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/7/3/281?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=Reducing+the+addictiveness+of+cigarettes&searchid=QID_NOT_SET&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=&fdate=12/1/1997&tdate=2/
Australia National Tobacco Strategy
Aims to improve the health of all Australians by eliminating or reducing their exposure to tobacco in all its forms. Papers on policy approach, tobacco harm minimization, restrictions on marketing, taxation, education, passive smoking, cigarette ingredient disclosure.
http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/strateg/drugs/tobacco/
Do Workplace Smoking Bans Reduce Smoking?
Economic research examines the effect of smokefree workplaces on tobacco product consumption.
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W5567/
Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care
Tobacco use reduction conferences, papers, research results, and best practices of interest to health plans; health effects; secondhand smoke; effectivess of media campaigns; effectiveness of quit smoking methods.
http://www.aahp.org/atmc/mainindex.cfm
Tobacco Related Local Laws in New York
Laws regulating tobacco vending machines, smokefree workplaces and public places, and cigarette advertising in various cities and communities across the state of New York.
http://www.nysmokefree.com/LocalLaws.html
ASAM and Nicotine
Scientific analysis and policy recommendations on tobacco products, from the American Society for Addiction Medicine
http://www.asam.org/ppol/Table%20of%20Contents.htm#8
Tobacco, Health and the Law
Syllabus, reading lists, and online reading materials for a course given at The University of Dayton Law School. Covers history; populations and demographics; proposed laws, regulation, and litation; tobacco and the third world countries.
http://www.udayton.edu/~health/syllabi/tobacco/index.htm
Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care-- Bibliography Fall 1998
Annotated technical bibliography on tobacco cessation, policy, clinical practice guidelines, smoking costs and cessation cost effectiveness, secondhand smoke, physician intervention, pregnancy, spit tobacco, and youth.
http://www.aahp.org/atmc/Fall98bibliography.htm
Tobacco Control and the Precede-Proceed Model
Follows a single issue, tobacco control, through the phases of the Precede-Proceed model of health promotion.
http://www.lgreen.net/hpp/appendix.htm
How to Fight Big Tobacco and Win
Describes anti-tobacco programs in California, Minnesota, and Massachusetts.
http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/bigtobacco
Testimony on Smoking Cessation
"Other than immunization, smoking cessation is the most cost-effective prevention intervention for adults"
http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/stat0298.htm
Position Statement on Tobacco on College and University Campuses
American College Health Associations outlines a recommended policy for college campuses, aiming at providing smokefree environments and achieving tobacco use reduction.
http://www.acha.org/info_resources/tobacco_statement.pdf
Achievements in Tobacco Cessation: Case Studies
Case studies from Maine, Washington, and Oregon; measurements of improvements provided.
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/smcasest.htm
The Impact of the 1997 Tobacco Tax Increase on Cigarette Consumption in Alaska
Graphs consumption; measures price elasticity.
http://health.hss.state.ak.us/dph/PDFs/tobacco_report_final.pdf
Tobacco Control Policy Research
Research monographs released by the University of Massachusetts; covers policy making, how money gets spent, local control, tax battles, winning against the tobacco industry and its allies.
http://www.umass.edu/sphhs/chs/tobacco/
AMWA Position Paper: Tobacco Control and Prevention
The American Medical Womens Association outlines its stand and proposed policy initiatives.
http://www.amwa-doc.org/publications/Position_Papers/tobacco.htm
State's Antismoking Ads Working, But So Are Prosmoking Ads
Research finds that antismoking ads from health groups do decrease smoking, but prosmoking ads from cigarette companies likewise increase smoking.
http://www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/2000/03-24/features1.html
The Tobacco Companies and Bankruptcy
UCSF policy analysis paper; concludes that while bankruptcy would change the scene, it wouldn't favor the tobacco industry over public health.
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/ustl/brief05.html
Economics of Tobacco Control
500 million people alive today will die of tobacco-related diseass. Modest action by governments could prevent millions and millions of deaths, without harming economies, according to this report.
http://www1.worldbank.org/tobacco/
Tobacco: A Legal and Policy Issue of the Elderly
Policy paper examines impact of tobacco on older people: addiction, secondhand smoke, smoking cessation and health care coverage, smokefree environments for children and grandchildren.
http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/clearinghouse.htm
Addressing Tobacco In Managed Care
Set of research articles on how and why tobacco use is a priority in managed care, and what can be done about it.
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/content/vol9/suppl_1/
FindLaw Legal News: Tobacco
Updates on tobacco law from international to local, tobacco ligitation updates, and tobacco industry documents that feature in tobacco law.
http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/tobacco/
Smoke-Free Families
Innovations to stop smoking during and beyond pregnancy: a new national partnership that can dramatically improve the health of mothers and their babies, while saving lives and cutting health care costs.
http://www.smokefreefamilies.org/
Clean Indoor Air as a Youth Protection Strategy
ANR analysis puts forward a short summary of smokefree environments as a youth tobacco protection and prevention strategy.
http://www.no-smoke.org/cia_as_youth_access.html
AntiSmokingAds.org
Presents Dr. Connie Pechmann's smoking-related research.
http://www.antismokingads.org/
How The Tobacco Deal Compares To Standards
Analysis by Brion Fox and Stan Glantz of how the proposed June 20th 1997 "global settlement" deal compared with established standards.
http://www.tobacco.org/News/970626howdealstacksup.html
Tobacco Control: Enforcement and Effectiveness of Federal and State Youth Access Laws
1998 report by the Congressional Research Service casts doubt on effectiveness of industry-sponsored programs and industry-sponsored youth access legislation, whose main purpose appears to be pre-empt local programs.
http://www.cnie.org/nle/ag-72.html
Presentation by Dr. Fenton Howell, Irish Medical Organisation.
Presentation made to the Joint Committee on health and CHildren of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Parliament of Ireland, on tobacco and health.
http://www.irlgov.ie/committees-99/c-health/Rep-Evidence/page10.htm
Smoking, The African American Community and The Proposed National Settlement
Scholarly article analyzes how well the proposed June 20 1997 federal tobacco deal addresses the impact of tobacco on the African American community; internal tobacco industry documents are cited on how the industry targetted African Americans.
http://www.udayton.edu/~health/01status/smoking/tobacco3.htm
Social Climate of Tobacco Control
Report from the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University; covers tobacco control in Mississippi and in America; youth and adult smoking prevalence trends.
http://www.ssrc.msstate.edu/socialclimate/
New Canadian Tobacco Package Warnings Effective
Research shows the new graphic Canadian cigarette warnings are effective.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/01/09/canadian.cigarettes/
Tobacco Control in Jails
What can be done about secondhand smoke in perhaps the ultimate "group housing" -- jail. Guide to implementation of a smokefree policy; planning for change; a tale of two jails; resources.
http://hsc.unm.edu/epiccpro/jailtitle.html
The Case Against Tobacco Advertising
Scientific and policy analysis by the Coronary Prevention Group, a nonprofit organization that does not accept corporate funding.
http://www.healthpro.org.uk/facts/tobacco_advertising.htm
The Norwegian ban on Advertising of Tobacco Products -- Has it Worked?
Careful analysis of consumption and prevalence rates, among different populations and in general.
http://www.kreft.no//english/norwegianbanontobaccoadvertisment/
Kids, Tobacco, and the Civil Enforcement of Latent Laws
Paper comparing different approaches to getting laws enforced that prohibit sales to kids. Compares Driscoll, Mangini.
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/institutes/csj/Tobacarchive.html
Report and Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Tobacco Investments
University of Michigan considers whether to own tobacco stock; a report of the committee appointed to study the question.
http://www.umich.edu/~urel/Tobacco/tobreptc.html
Economics of Tobacco Control
Global trends in tobacco use, health consequences of smoking, do smokers know their risks and bear their costs, measures to reduce the demand for tobacco, measures to reduce the supply of tobacco, the costs and consequences of tobacco control.
http://www1.worldbank.org/tobacco/reports.htm
Restricting Youth Access to Tobacco: Does it Reduce Youth Tobacco Consumption?
Summary of the research by ANR concludes the evidence is poor that youth access strategies are effective in reducing consumption.
http://www.no-smoke.org/youth3.html
Death Is Inevitable
Examination of theoretical justifications for coercive public health policies.
http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/deathisinevitable/
Policy on Nicotine and Tobacco
Short policy statement from Virginia Commonwealth University outlines College on Problems of Drug Dependence position on nicotine and tobacco use.
http://views.vcu.edu/cpdd/policy/tobacco.html
Making the Case: Counter Advertising as a Tobacco Use Deterrent
Counter advertising can be effective, but its effectiveness depends on factors such as adequate, long term funding; ability to administer the campaign from political interference; a broad-based focus rather than one exclusively tragetting children.
http://www.advocacy.org/publications/mtc/counterads.htm
CECHE Tobacco Policy Fact Sheets
Set of short papers from CECHE, a private nonprofit health policy organization. Addresses US policy that affects international tobacco use; tobacco advertising and promotion; women and tobacco; smuggling.
http://www.ceche.org/publications/factshts/fctshts.htm
Clearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction
Online 300 page book.
http://stills.nap.edu/openbook/0309072824/html/
Tobacco Advertising After the Settlement: Where We Are and What Remains To Be Done
Paper in the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy examines what the Master Settlement Agreement between the tobacco industry and the states has and has not accomplished.
http://www.law.ukans.edu/jrnl/v9n4/v9n4p621.html
The Political and Ethical Responsibility of the Physician in Controlling the Tobacco Epidemic
Editorial from the European Respiratory Society explores what physicians can and should do to combat tobacco use.
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~ersj/Newsletter/newsletter_2.htm
Washingtonpost.com: Tobacco Politics and Policy
Collection of stories from the Washington Post on tobacco politics and policy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/tobaccopoli.htm
Tobacco Control in Arizona: A Roundtable
Summary of recent experiences and results in programs to reduce tobacco use.
http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_3331.htm
Harris Poll: Tobacco Addiction
Reveals that 70% of all people still smoking have tried to quit, on average four times, and most are aware of tobacco's health effects; poll results called a metric of the power of tobacco addiction.
http://www.harriszone.com/press/PowerOfTobacco.html
California Tobacco Policy Experience
Papers and factsheets on adult smoking trends in California; California's tobacco education media campaign; do doctors advise their smoker patients to quit smoking; the response of Californians to secondhand smoke; youth smoking trends in California.
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/tobacco/html/factsheets.htm
California's Anti-Tobacco Campaign Sees Fewer Lung Cancer Deaths
Nursing Week article discusses a payoff of California's anti-tobacco campaign: fewer lung cancer and bronchial cancer deaths.
http://www.nurseweek.com/news/features/01-02/smoke.asp
Kentucky Legislators' Views on Tobacco Policy
Research into policymakers' views in a tobacco state performs a survey of 116 Kentucky legislators. Surprisingly, they were highly supportive of reducing the state's dependence on tobacco and more supportive of tobacco control policies than expected.
http://www-east.elsevier.com/ajpm/ajpm162/ajpm0208fla.htm
Final Report of The Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public HealthAction on Smoking and Health (ASH)
The Koop-Kessler report, nicely HTML-ized.
http://ash.org/report2.html
Only Aggressive Anti-Smoking Ad Campaigns Succeed
UCSF research analyses anti-smoking campaigns, concludes that only aggressive ad campaigns backed by public health advocates succeed.
http://www.ucsf.edu/daybreak/1999/02/16_glantz.html
State Programs Offer Lessons on Anti-Tobacco Media Campaigns
Reuters article summarizes research and experience.
http://news.lycos.com/headlines/Health/article.asp?docid=RTHEALTH-TOBACCO-MEDIA&date=20000811
International Tobacco Control Poster Session
Health conference features policy analysis, program evaluation, and presentation of innovative programs.
http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_3117.htm
State and Local Tobacco Control Programs and Evaluation
Poster session from health conference examines a number of programs focusing on the community or local level.
http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_3121.htm
Tobacco Control in the 21st Century: Comprehensive Approaches, Role of Cessation
Synthesis of papers presented at the 3rd International Heart Health Conference, Singapore, 28 August to 2 September 1998.
http://www.health.fgov.be/WHI3/periodical/months/wwhv2se1tekst/focus3.htm
Students Entering College as Nonsmokers 40 Percent Less Likely to Take Up Smoking When They Live in Smoke-Free Dorms
Harvard School of Public Health research finds that smokefree policies reduce both secondhand smoke and tobacco addiction.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/press/releases/press03222001.html
The Effect of Tobacco Advertising Bans on Tobacco Consumption
Paper in the Journal of Health Economics; concludes that comprehensive bans reduce consumption, limited bands have little or no effect.
http://www.elsevier.nl/gej-ng/29/27/61/39/32/37/abstract.html
The Economic Case Against Tobacco Stocks
While some investors avoid tobacco stocks for moral reasons, this article discusses economic reasons for avoiding investing in tobacco stocks.
http://www.elkin.com/economic_case_against_tobacco.htm
Litigation and Public Health Policy Making: The Case of Tobacco Control
Journal article examines the arguments for and against using litigation as a policy tool, with specifics drawn from tobacco control.
http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_health_politics_policy_and_law/v024/24.4jacobson.html
Impacts on Tobacco Use and Policy
Poster session from health conference: cigar smoking among college students, engaging youth in tobacco control activities, and developing health warning messages.
http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_3965.htm
National and State Tobacco Policy and Program Evaluation
Programs in New York, Florida, California, and nationally in the U.S.
http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_3323.htm
Case Studies in Tobacco Control Policy Development
Abstracts from conference presentations.
http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_1443.htm
Rethinking Stop-Smoking Medications- Myths and Facts
Position paper from the Ontario Medical Association, June 1999, outlines policy best supported by the medical science on cessation aids.
http://www.oma.org/phealth/stopsmoke.htm
Smoking is a Major Cause of Blindness
Editorial in a health journal considers the scientific and policy merits of a new pack warning.
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/171_4_160899/mitchell/mitchell.html
Report on the CRD Smoking Control Bylaw
Region in British Columbia considers and adopts a smoke-free local ordinance; paper outlines the policy considerations including ventilation.
http://www.crd.bc.ca/health/smokeby.htm
Jeffrey E. Harris, MIT Home page
Online copies of Dr. Harris's economic analyses, most dealing with costs and prices of tobacco products.
http://www.mit.edu/people/jeffrey/index.html
Cigarette Law
Article in law digest reviews the history of how cigarettes got exempted from almost all product liability law, and considers if the behavior of the tobacco industry would have been different without those exemptions.
http://www.law.indiana.edu/ilj/v73/no3/givelber.html
CRS Report: Tobacco Control: Enforcement and Effectiveness of Federal and State Youth Access Laws
Report examines effectiveness of youth access as a tobacco control strategy.
http://www.cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/Agriculture/ag-72.cfm
Public Citizen: Tobacco Policy Papers
Discussion and analysis of tobacco policy options including litigation, legislation, regulation, and deals with the industry; focus is on the proposed deal of 1997.
http://www.citizen
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