useful resources

There are many excellent resources on smoking. Below we have compiled a list of resources that we think might be useful to you. Be sure to check out the resources listed on other sections of the website, too.

general

• The American Council on Science and Health
  URL: www.acsh.org
  description: Publications include Cigarettes: What the Warning Label Doesn't Tell You: Information Tobacco Companies Don't Want Teens to Know About the Dangers of Smoking, The Irreversible Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking, and Kicking Butts in the Twenty-First Century: What Modern Science Has Learned about Smoking Cessation.
  
  
• Center for Disease Control's (CDC) Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS)
  URL: www.cdc.gov/tobacco/
  
  
• CDC's Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) for Youth
  URL: www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tips4youth.htm
  
  
• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
  URL: www.tobaccofreekids.org
  phone: 202-296-5469
  description: Organization with the goal of protecting children from tobacco addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke.
  
  
• Tobacco News and Information
  URL: www.tobacco.org
  description: Search for tobacco related news headlines from around the world, tobacco related quotes, and tobacco and anti-tobacco ads.
  
  
• The American Legacy Foundation
  URL: www.americanlegacy.org
  phone: 202-454-5555
  description: Organization that aims to help young people reject tobacco and help all people quit. They run the well-known "Truth" advertising campaign.
  
  
• American Lung Association
  URL: www.lungusa.org
  phone: 800-LUNG-USA
  
  
• American Cancer Society
  URL: www.cancer.org
  phone: 800-ACS-2345
  
  
• National Cancer Institute
  URL: nci.nih.gov
  description:
  
  
• American Heart Association
  URL: www.americanheart.org
  phone: 800-AHA-USA-1
  
  
• The Young Person's Cyber-Library of Information on Tobacco and Tobacco-Caused Disease
  URL: www.smokinglungs.com/cyberlib.htm
  description: Collection of smoking related links and information for teens.
  
  

health effects

• 2004 Surgeon General's Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking
  URL: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr&2004/index.htm
  description: This comprehensive report discusses the harmful impact of smoking on nearly every body organ. You can see an interactive animation based on the report and explore what smoking does to each organ. There is also a searchable database of over 1,600 scientific articles mentioned in the report (see apps.nccd.cdc.gov/sgr).
  
  
• In the Mix: "Smoking: The Truth Unfiltered"
  URL: www.pbs.org/inthemix/shows/show_smoking.html
  description: Online companion to a show (co-hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks) for teens about smoking. You can read the transcript online.
  
  
• Health Effects of Smoking Among Young People (CDC)
  URL: www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/youth/stspta5.htm
  
  
• The Why Files -- Science Behind the News
  description: Has two editions relevant to smoking: Nicotine Junkies (whyfiles.org/024nicotine/), and Smoke and Mirrors (whyfiles.org/183smoking/).
  
  

quitting

• Smokefree.gov
  URL: www.smokefree.gov
  description: Online guide and resources for quitting.
  
  
• American Cancer Society's Quitting Tips
  URL: www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/ped_10_3.asp
  
  
• Quit 4 Life
  URL: www.quit4life.com
  description: Site devoted to helping teens quit. Available in English and French.
  
  
• American Lung Association -- Freedom From Smoking -- Web-Based Smoking Cessation Support
  URL: www.lungusa.org
  
  
• Q web
  URL: www.qweb.org
  description: Quit site geared to teens.
  
  
• No Butts
  URL: nobutts.ucsd.edu
  description: Another site for teenagers about quitting smoking.
  
  
• Quit Net
  URL: www.quitnet.com
  description: Online quit smoking program with a large support community.
  
  
• Stop Smoking Center
  URL: www.stopsmokingcenter.net
  description: Online smoking cessation program that can help you prepare to quit.
  
  
• CDC's How to Quit -- Useful Resources to Quit Smoking
  URL: www.cdc.gov/tobacco/how2quit.htm
  
  
• Telephone Counseling for Smoking Cessation -- talk to an expert in your state
  URL: smokefree.gov/usmap.html
  description: Find a quitline in your state, or find out about national quitlines.
  
  
• SilkQuit meter
  URL: www.silkquit.org
  description: Keeps track of cigarettes, money, and lifetime saved from quitting smoking in order to help motivate quitters.
  
  
• Children Helping and Motivating Parents to Stop Smoking (CHAMPSS)
  URL: www.champss.org
  
  

personal stories

• Tales from the Quit
  URL: www.woofmang.com
  description: An interesting and open collection of "essays, stories, rambles, and rants" on quitting smoking. Includes a list of "40 tips for a successful quit".
  
  
• Personal Quit Smoking Stories
  URL: quitsmoking.about.com/od/quitsmokingstories/
  description: More than 20 personal accounts by people who have quit.