There is a wealth of information on tobacco related issues available online. The sites listed here provide a good starting point for further exploration. The opinions and recommendations contained in these websites are not necessarily those of Quit SA or endorsed by Quit SA.
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International Links Youth Smoking Links Australian Tobacco and Smoking Statistics Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) Smoking Links Health Professional Links Smoking in the Workplace Links Tobacco Industry Links Pregnancy and Postnatal LinksStakeholder LinksQuit SA is a joint initiative of the Heart Foundation (SA Division) and The Cancer Council South Australia.
The Cancer Council South AustraliaThe Heart FoundationAustralian LinksOxyGenThis site is a joint initiative of Quit SA, Quit Victoria and the Smarter than Smoking Project in WA. It promotes healthy lifestyle choices and provides information about the impact of tobacco. OxyGen is an interactive site for young people. The full text of the teaching resource Tobacco - the truth is out there is also accessible from this site.Tobacco in Australia: facts and issuesThis is the updated full text of the book published in 1995 by Winstanley, Woodward and Walker. It provides comprehensive coverage of all tobacco related information in Australia.Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing- Tobacco pagesA great overview of tobacco use and regulation in Australia, with links to full text documents published by commonwealth agencies. Also online is the National Tobacco Strategy with its background documents, links to relevant acts, taxation information, and the costs of tobacco use in Australia.
Action on Smoking and Health Australia (ASH)ASH is one of Australia's leading tobacco related advocacy organisations. The site includes advocacy opportunities, and information about litigation, links to legislation, fact sheets and newsletters.National Tobacco CampaignAn excellent multimedia reference to all facets of the current national campaign Every cigarette is doing you damage, including background information on the various commercials - lung, tumour, artery, stroke, tar and eye. Tobacco Control SupersiteSimon Chapman, one of Australia's leading tobacco control advocates, has put together this site. It's great for finding out about the tobacco industry's activities in Australia, as well as recently published press and journal articles and the Tobacco Documents System (TDS) database, available through the Tobacco Industry Document Gateway link.
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco ControlThis centre, established in 2000, conducts research that advances tobacco control efforts in Australia and internationally. Look here for its research progress as well as links to important repositories of knowledge on tobacco control both here and overseas.The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)From here you can access the full text of the 1997 NHMRC publication 'The health effects of passive smoking: a scientific information paper'.Australian Council on Smoking and HealthAnother Australian advocacy site, with facts, news stories and great links.
International Links TobaccopediaThis is an excellent resource. Billed as the world's most comprehensive site for finding information on any tobacco-related subject you may wish to explore, this site is maintained by the University of Sydney.World Health Organization Tobacco Free InitiativeThis comprehensive international site provides links to WHO publications, reports, press releases, speeches, declarations and WHO initiatives in tobacco control - like the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and well as general tobacco information. See Tobacco Control Country Profiles 2003 for up to date overviews of tobacco information by country - Australia included. See especially the WHO Tobacco Atlas, which maps the history, current situation and some predictions for the future of the tobacco epidemic up to the year 2050.
ASH in the UKAn advocacy organisation, ASH UK provides valuable compilations and interpretations of various themes, including information gleaned from tobacco industry documents. Also good information on passive smoking in the workplace.TIPS (Tobacco Information and Prevention Source) - US Center for Disease Control
A comprehensive site. Includes the history of the US Surgeon General's Reports that have been instrumental in documenting the health consequences of smoking, and a full list of Surgeon General's reports. The most recent are available in full text online. Just published May 2004 is The health consequences of smoking - an updated listing of all diseases linked to smoking. Provides a searchable database on published articles on smoking and health.Smoke-free Environments Law ProjectA great set of links for everything to do with passive smoking.UICC GlobalinkTobacco news and information provided by the International Union against Cancer.Tobacco Control JournalThis is the only dedicated Tobacco Control journal, providing free access to articles published more than 12 months ago.
Tobacco FactfileThis database gives you access to hundreds of sourced 'tobacco facts'. It is both searchable and browseable by topic and country. According to Sir Richard Doll, the first person to link smoking with its health consequences, Effective tobacco control policies must be firmly rooted in the evidence. Tobacco FactFile presents reliable information on the true consequences of tobacco use. A treasury of information for tobacco control.Tobacco Control LinksYouth Links Tobacco-free kidsA great US site with heaps of information about tobacco and kids. Some is interactive, there's an advertising gallery and all sorts of reports.The Whole TruthAfter receiving some of the US tobacco settlement money, the Florida Health Department created SWAT (Students Working Against Tobacco). They created their own advertising and website that looks at the 'lies and manipulation' of the tobacco industry.CyberisleCyberisle is an innovative, interactive helath information site for young people, designed to engage them in disease prevention and health promotion, and self identified health issues. 
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