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Governmental Agencies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov
Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov
Federal Trade Commission www.ftc.gov
Office of the Surgeon General www.surgeongeneral.gov
National Institutes of Health www.nih.gov
National Cancer Institute www.nci.nih.gov
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute www.nhlbi.nih.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse www.nida.nih.gov
Organizations
American Cancer Society www.cancer.org
American Heart Association www.americanheart.org
American Legacy Foundation www.americanlegacy.org
American Lung Association www.lungusa.org
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists www.ashp.org/tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids www.tobaccofreekids.org
Global Network of Pharmacists Against Tobacco www.fip.org/pharmacistsagainsttobacco
Smoking Cessation Leadership Center - UCSF smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu.
Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco www.srnt.org
UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program www.trdrp.org
World Health Organization www.who.int
Tobacco Internet Resources
Legacy Tobacco Documents Archive - Almost 7 million tobacco industry documents related to advertising, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and scientific research of tobacco products. legacy.library.ucsf.edu
Treatobacco.net - Database and educational resource for treatment of tobacco use and dependence. www.treatobacco.net
Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service - Consumer and clinician resources, including the complete Guideline, available electronically. www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco
Pharmaceutical Aids for Cessation - On-line Support
Nicorette gum www.nicorette.com
Nicoderm CQ patch www.nicoderm.com
Commit lozenge www.commitlozenge.com
Generic patch (formerly Habitrol) www.habitrol.com
Nicotrol nasal spray and inhaler www.nicotrol.com
Chantix www.chantix.com
Non-pharmaceutical Cessation Support
QuitKey (PICS, Inc.) - Hand-held computer for scheduled gradual reduction of smoking www.quitkey.com
QuitNet - A comprehensive on-line tobacco cessation support program. QuitNet hosts the world's largest community of smokers and ex-smokers www.quitnet.com