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Web Sites in Category Tobacco
ASH - Action on Smoking and Health  - Pressure group and registered UK charity, lobbying for a comprehensive national programme to tackle the epidemic of tobacco-related diseases. Excellent collection of links and resources.
ASH Scotland - Tobacco and smoking fact sheets, statistics, news, projects, policies, and resources.
Government Response - Government Response to the Health Select Committee's Second Report on the Tobacco Industry and the Health Risks of Smoking, published in October 2000
Guardian Unlimited - Special report: Smoking - Collection of Guardian articles on smoking, tobacco, secondhand smoke, politics, public policy.
Nicotine Addiction in Britain - Complete online book by the Royal College of Physicians; covers physical. pharmacological, and psychological effects; addiction; the smoker's career; regulation of intake; treatment; regulatory approaches; recommendations.
No Smoking Day - No Smoking Day comes once a year. The web site is available all year round to provide support for quitters and for professionals.
Passive Smoking Kills 1000 people a year - At least 1,000 people a year are dying from the effects of passive smoking yet the public enjoys less protection from other people's tobacco smoke than from the chimes of ice-cream vans, the British Medical Association says.
QUIT - Practical advice on giving up. Telephone helpline available.
quitsmokinguk.com - Kara Miller's independent Web site offers advice, forums and chat rooms for people who are trying to stop smoking.
Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health - Results of the government commissioned review of tobacco and its effects on Health. Published in 1998.
Rosen Stop Smoking Workshops - A stop smoking programme available to employers and to health clubs.
Smoke Free Birmingham - A guide to smoke free places in Birmingham, as well as information on how to quit.
Smoke-Free Oxfordshire - Group aims to reduce the risk of smoking to the health and welfare of the people in Oxfordshire. Information on smoking, tobacco, quitting, smokefree dining.
SmokeFree London - An alliance of agencies working together to improve the health of all Londoners by eliminating or reducing their exposure to tobacco.
Smoking Kills - A White Paper on Tobacco - This official document outlines the government strategy to reduce smoking, published in 1998.
Smoking: Don't give up giving up - Official site produced by the NHS Health Education Authority. Useful advice on how to give up and you can ask for regular supportive e-mails.
Tobacco Control Resource Centre - Promotes tobacco control by working mainly with national medical associations in Europe. Encourages doctors to stop smoking and provides information to enable doctors to help their patients quit.
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