Listed here are websites with resources related to reducing tobacco use and dependence, including several major national organizations' sites.  (Website listing is for information only, inclusion does not constitute endorsement.)

Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
University of Wisconsin website, provides research information on treatment, prevention and policy: www.ctri.wisc.edu

Treating Tobacco Dependence
Produced by the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, in association with the World Bank, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, the Cochrane Group and a panel of international experts. Presents authoritative evidence-based information about the treatment of tobacco dependence, under five headings: Efficacy, Safety, Demographics and Health Effects, Health Economics, and Policy: www.treatobacco.net

Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
A national program office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that aims to increase smoking cessation rates and increase the number of health professionals who help smokers quit; has created partnerships with dental hygienists, nurses, pharmacists, emergency physicians, hospitals, labor unions, family physicians, the Veterans Health Administration and others: smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC website includes information and links to numerous resources online, including fact sheets, toolkits, publications and products, data and evaluation.  Topics covered include Health Effects, Quit Smoking, Secondhand Smoke, Smokeless Tobacco, Youth Tobacco Use Prevention, Health Disparities and more: www.cdc.gov/tobacco

NCI Tobacco Control Information and Resources Includes links to NIH-based resources: dccps.nci.nih.gov/tcrb/resources.html

Tobacco-Free Kids
The Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids website  - a wealth of information: www.tobaccofreekids.org

Smokefree Network
Provides access to Email listserves on over 200 tobacco-related topics, such as smokefree hospitals, as well as a link to the free Tobacco.org news service: www.smokefree.net

National Cancer Institute
Includes information on smoking cessation clinical trials and research priorities, tobacco stats and facts, NCI publications, and assistance for those trying to quit, with a special section in Spanish as well: www.cancer.gov/tobacco

Medline Plus
This NIH website includes a variety of smoking cessation topics and resources: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokingcessation.html

World Health Organization
Information and materials from the Partnership Project to Reduce Tobacco Dependence: www.euro.who.int/tobaccofree/Projects/20030910_15

Medscape Resource Center
Includes articles, CMEs, patient education - frequently updated: www.medscape.com/pages/editorial/resourcecenters/public/smoking/rc-smoking.ov

National Institute on Drug Abuse
Links to resources available on NIDA web site: www.nida.nih.gov/DrugPages/Nicotine.html

VDH--Tobacco Use Control Project
Funds prevention & cessation activities through local coalitions and statewide partner organizations: www.vahealth.org/cdpc/tobaccouse/index.asp

Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation
Provides grants to reduce youth tobacco use (prevention and cessation), compendium of approved programs included: www.vtsf.org

American Lung Association
ALA web site includes a Tobacco Control section with information on smoking and cessation: www.lungusa.org

American Cancer Society
Includes a Tobacco Control section with information on health, cessation programs, and more: www.cancer.org

American Medical Association
Includes information on the AMA's youth prevention program, Tar Wars: www.ama-assn.org

Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care: A Resource Guide for Health Plans
Includes case studies of various types of interventions; how to develop and implement a tobacco control initiative www.ahip.org/content/default.aspx?docid=2270

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