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• Health: Specific Substances: Tobacco  (507)
• Recreation: Tobacco  (145)
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thetruth.com     www.thetruth.com American Legacy Foundation tobacco education campaign covers cigarettes, smoking, other tobacco products. "The truth about how the cigarette industry operates".

Tobacco BBS     www.tobacco.org Cigarettes, tobacco, and smoking-related news and issues, addresses, tobacco history, information on quitting, and a quote of the day section.

Addicted to Nicotine: A National Research Forum  www.nida.nih.gov/meetsum/nicotine/Nicotine.html Includes presentation summaries of papers presented at the conference held in 2001 at the (US) National Institutes of Health. Topics include nicotine delivery systems, pharmacology, individual and environmental risk factors, the psychobiology of addition, and treatment of nicotine dependence.

Ammonia Added to Cigarettes Can Significantly Boost Availability of Nicotine  www.ndsn.org/AUGUST97/AMMONIA.html Independent research confirms that ammonia added to ciarettes can boost the availability of nicotine up to 100 times.

Cancer Facts and Figures  www.cancer.org/docroot/stt/stt_0.asp Concise summary from the American Cancer Society of tobacco use, cigarettes, trends in smoking, profiling smokers, costs of tobacco, nicotine addiction, secondhand smoke, spit tobacco, and industrial hazards.

CDC's TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source  www.cdc.gov/tobacco Maintained by the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. Covers tobacco-related issues, statistics, news, research, data, reports, quitting tips, educational materials, publications, . Also sections dedicated to youth.

A Collection of Articles on Nicotine Addiction  www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NN0031.html Articles about research studies funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

eMedicine - Nicotine Addiction  www.emedicine.com/med/topic1642.htm Medical facts on the physiology of nicotine addiction, and the effect tobacco products have on the brain, lungs, and other vital organs, and a treatment options section.

'Impact Booster': Tobacco Firm Shows How Ammonia Spurs Delivery of Nicotine  www.pulitzer.org/archives/5891 1996 Pulitzer prize-winning reporting on how the tobacco industry uses ammonia to engineer cigarettes for addiction.

Infofax - Cigarettes and Other Nicotine Products  www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/tobacco.html NIH short summary of nicotine effects.

Low Tar Exposed  www.lowtarexposed.org Site explains why "low tar", "light" and "mild" cigarettes are just as harmful as regular cigarettes.

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Tobacco & Cancer  www.mdanderson.org/topics/smoking University of Texas medical center factsheets on effects of smoking and tobacco, and tips and support for quitting. One-third of M. D. Anderson patients have tobacco-related cancers.

Nicotine Addiction  www1.umn.edu/perio/tobacco/nicaddct.html Concise factsheet.

Nicotine Addiction And Cigarettes  www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22937 American Lung Association info sheets on smoking, nicotine, and related topics: does smoking help people relax? What quitting methods work?

Nicotine Addiction Can Start Within A Few Days And After Just A Few Cigarettes  www.cfah.org/hbns/newsrelease/nicotine9-12-00.cfm Recent research shows that cigarette products cause addiction much faster than was previously believed, in just a few doses.

Nicotine Addiction in Britain  www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/nicotine 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.

Nicotine Addiction in Britain  www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/nicotine/2-physical.htm Includes report produced by the Royal College of Physicians. "Nicotine addiction is one of the major reasons why people continue to smoke cigarettes, and cigarettes are in reality extremely effective and closely controlled nicotine delivery devices".

Nicotine and Addiction  newash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_114.pdf ASH-UK factsheet on nicotine, its properties, difficulty in quitting, measures of dependence, withdrawal systems, genetic influence, and tobacco industry recognition of the its importance. [PDF]

Nicotine and the Tobacco Industry  scienceweek.com/1998/sw981113.htm Science Week article focuses on 3 decades of tobacco industry efforts to engineer cigarettes for addiction.

Nicotine Junkies  whyfiles.org/024nicotine Information on kids and smoking, facts about smoking and addiction.

Quit Victoria  www.quit.org.au "Tobacco smoking is the single most important cause of ill health and premature death in Australia." Not just quitting information -- health questions answered; effects of cigarettes; quit evaluation studies; information in languages other than English; smokefree workplaces and dining.

Reducing the Addictiveness of Cigarettes  tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/7/3/281?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10… Can cigarettes be made less addictive? Scientific paper examines the question.

Report of the UK Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health  www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/doh/tobacco/report.htm Report covers the scientific evidence on active smoking, passive smoking, nicotine addiction, price and marketing of cigarettes and other tobacco products, cessation, key conclusions.

Research Report: Nicotine Addiction  www.drugabuse.gov/researchreports/nicotine/nicotine.html Information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse about nicotine, addiction, the extent and impact of tobacco use, how nicotine delivers its effect, consequences of continued use, treatments, and gender differences.

Smoking And Tobacco Factsheets  www.dhss.mo.gov/SmokingAndTobacco From the Missouri Health Department, a large set of factsheets on cigarettes, tobacco advertising, health effects, and secondhand smoke.

Smoking Is Ugly  www.smokingisugly.com Created and sustained by Christy Turlington, an online resource guide, providing information and links to numerous lung cancer and smoking-cessation related websites. SmokingIsUgly.com is part of Turlington's campaign to raise awareness about the effects of smoking, smoking related diseases and lung cancer.

Statement on Nicotine-Containing Cigarettes by David A. Kessler, M.D.  www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/SPEECH/SPE00052.htm Provides information on industry manipulation and control of nicotine in cigarettes.

TCSG - Tobacco and The Elderly  www.tcsg.org/tobacco.htm Papers and factsheets on: tobacco and minorities, state tobacco settlement funds, tobacco and older persons.

Tobacco Advertising and Document Collections  roswell.tobaccodocuments.org Growing set of resources presenting and organizing tobacco industry documents; shows what the industry says in private about youth, advertising, promotions; features a poster on the history of youth cigarette brands.

Tobacco Control Online  tc.bmjjournals.com A quarterly scientific journal covering all aspects of tobacco use prevention and control.

Tobacco in Australia: Facts and Issues  www.quit.org.au/quit/FandI/welcome.htm A complete, online, book, with all citations to the literature. Covers cigarettes, other tobacco products; statistics and trends; health effects; smoking in the workplace and public places; public policy; addiction; quitting; anti-smoking campaigns; and the tobacco industry.

Tobacco Industry Hall of Shame  roswell.tobaccodocuments.org/hall_of_shame.htm List of stars and performers killed by tobacco.

The Tobacco Reference Guide  www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg Online book provides quotes, summaries, and factsheets about hazards of smoking.

Tobacco Web  www.nswcc.org.au/editorial.asp?pageid=369 From Australia: cigarettes, tobacco history; current trends; smoking and health, the tobacco industry -- recent revelations; secondhand smoke; young people and smoking; smoking in the workplace; tqitting smoking.

TobaccoFree  www.tobaccofree.org Offers smoking cessation tips, research results, and tips for staying smoke free.

WHO: The Tobacco Atlas  www.who.int/tobacco/statistics/tobacco_atlas/en History of tobacco, types of use, male and female smoking, youth, cigarette consumption, health effects, secondhand smoke, deaths, costs; the trade, the industry, smuggling, tobacco promotion and marketing, Internet sales, politics; activism, research, tobacco control, policy initiatives; quitting, litigation, pricing, and futures.

WHO Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI)  www.who.int/tobacco/en A WHO cabinet project created to focus international attention, resources and action on global tobacco use and problems caused by that use.

WhyQuit - Cold Turkey Quitting  whyquit.com A support group and education forum dedicated exclusively to the science and art of successful abrupt nicotine cessation.

"Crack" Nicotine in Cigarettes Varies Widely  www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993990 New research measures amount of free-base nicotine in "the modern cigarette, a highly engineered nicotine delivery device". (July 28, 2003)

OncoLink: The Control and Manipulation of Nicotine and Cigarettes  legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/gvo31a00 1994 news article. Kessler report on how the tobacco industry controls and manipulates nicotine in its product. (June 21, 1994)

ABC DayOne: Smoke Screen  www.mcspotlight.org/beyond/abctranscript.html Now-famous segment on nicotine manipulation in cigarettes. (February 28, 1994)