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American Cancer Society: Guide to Quitting Smoking
Web: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_13X_Guide_for_Quitting_Smoking.asp
Printer-friendly guide to tobacco cessation, nicotine, health effects, motivating quit factors, and places to look for help.
 
American Heart Association: Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease
Web: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3038016
Provides information about heart disease risk and smoking, links to smoking cessation resources, and ways to get involved in anti-tobacco advocacy.
 
American Legacy Foundation
Web: http://www.americanlegacy.org
Official website for the Legacy Foundation which is dedicated to helping young people reject tobacco and help people quit tobacco use. Provides information about programs such as truth, EX, and Smoking in Movies. Also provides information about current research and grants.
 
American Lung Association
Web: http://www.lungusa.org
Includes information on Tobacco Control and Teens, Targeted Populations, Tobacco Control News, as well as a search engine for professionals
 
Ask and Act: American Academy of Family Physicians
Web: http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/publichealth/tobacco/askandact.html
Provides information and materials concerning the “Ask and Act” physician-driven cessation initiative. Materials include: national quitline cards to order, Patient Stop Smoking Guide, practice materials, list of CME opportunities, reimbursement info, and information about “Physicians as Leaders”.
 
This website is based on the school curriculum called ASPIRE (A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience). Includes interactive activities, videos and support strategies. Based on a school program developed at the Univ. of Texas.
 
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Web: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org
Addresses how tobacco is targeted to kids Info on tobacco legislation Federal and state initiatives
 
Center for Disease Control
Web: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tips4youth.htm
Tips for Youth Celebrities against smoking Information Anti-smoking posters, etc.
 
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Web: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/youth/index.htm
Government website that provides cessation and prevention materials for youth and providers. Also access to media campaigns and clinical guidelines.
 
Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
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This clinical practice guideline update includes new information on effective clinical treatments that has become available since the 2000 guideline from the U.S. government. It should be an integral part of any clinical cessation program and offers specific information about teens and teen-related issues.
 
Foundation for a Smoke Free America: No Tobacco
Web: http://www.notobacco.org/
Includes quitting tips, media resources for middle and high school, information about smoking ads, and resources for youth research and advocacy.
 
Freedom From Smoking Online
Web: http://www.freedomfromsmoking.org
American Lung Association’s free online 7 module smoking cessation program Includes facts sheets and other support resources
 
Get Outraged
Web: http://www.getoutraged.com/
Informational site about the effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke Includes, news, facts and links to other resources
 
My Last Dip
Web: http://www.mylastdip.com/
Federally funded Internet-based smokeless tobacco cessation project specifically designed for youth aged 14-25. Website will launch in February 2008.
 
National Cancer Institute: Smoking and Cancer Home Page
Web: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/smoking
Provides information on how to quit (including NCI’s quitline), general smoking/tobacco, tobacco research, literature, and statistics. Also provides information about cancers associated with smoking or tobacco use. Information is also available in Spanish.
 
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - Provider
Web: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/
Website contains information concerning all types of dental and craniofacial diseases and current research, including those associated with tobacco use. Also contains detailed guides to certain conditions and treatment options.
 
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - Teen
Web: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/
Website contains information concerning all types of dental and craniofacial diseases and current research, including those associated with tobacco use. Also contains detailed guides to certain conditions and treatment options.
 
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Web: http://teens.drugabuse.gov
Information about nicotine addiction Effects and Side effects of smoking Interactive quizzes or games Materials for teachers and educators
 
National Partnership for Smoke-Free Families - teen
Web: http://smokefreefamilies.tobacco-cessation.org/
National program to discover the best ways to help pregnant smokers quit and disseminate evidence-based treatments. Provides information about cessation, risks, and practice resources for everyone involved n the cessation process, from the provider and smoker to the policy maker and human resources representative. Supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
 
Smokefree.gov
Web: http://www.smokefree.gov/
Website created by the Tobacco Control Research Branch of the National Cancer Institute that helps smokers quit and stay quit. Provides an online stop-by-step cessation guide, general smoking information, local/state/NCI quitlines, printable/ordered publications, and information about current smoking studies.
 
Surgeon General’s Website
Web: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/
Patient handouts, practice guidelines, and official reports concerning tobacco cessation.
 
Free online access to the Adolescent Smoking Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco (ASCENT) program from Danya International, Inc. Includes quit tools, links to quit lines, youth advocacy and facts, and a message board. Excellent resources also found in Spanish.
 
Information about how to quit for teens interested in quitting. Includes information on the effects of smoking, steps to quitting, and what to expect, a quiz, links to other informational articles and other resources
 
The Truth
Web: http://www.thetruth.com/
National teen tobacco campaign funded by American Legacy Foundation. Documents the information gathered by the tour riders on various tobacco companies and their products. Contains reports, facts, and games.
 
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence—A systems approach
Web: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tobacco/systems.htm
This internet link directs you to a summarized version of the extensive guidelines provided for health care administrators, insurers, managed care organizations, and purchasers by the U.S. Public Health Service. This document can also be helpful for smaller organizations or individual practices in providing ideas for systems integration.
 
You Can Quit Smoking Now!
Web: http://www.smokefree.gov/
Includes and online quit guide (with pdf links), links to talk with a professional online or over the phone, free materials to help quit
 
Run by Children’s Hospital Boston. Contains information about the health effects of smoking, tobacco industry advertising, and information about how to quit for young women.
 
Aimed at Teens Message boards for teens to share ideas Aimed at “stopping” big tobacco
 
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