Nicotine Addiction

Textbook of Family Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1105-1122

  Rakel, Robert E ^a   Houston, Thomas ^b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c McConnell Heart Health Center   (United States)

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EID: 85030473008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-1160-8.10050-8     Document Type: Chapter

References (19)

1. www.askandact.org American Association of Family Physicians website for tobacco control and cessation issues.
2. www.cdc.gov/tobacco Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office on Smoking and Health site; contains withdrawal data, U.S. Surgeon General reports, MMWR articles on tobacco.
3. www.cancer.gov National Cancer Institute (NCI) site, with research data, the Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph series, prevention and cessation information.
4. www.epa.gov/smokefree Advice on how to protect children from secondhand smoke and other tobacco-related materials.
5. www.lungusa.org American Lung Association offers printed quit materials, some in Spanish. Also offers the tobacco cessation program “Freedom from Smoking Online” at www.ffsonline.org.
6. www.cochrane.org/reviews/Cochrane Collaboration; evidence-based systematic reviews of the medical literature, with dozens of topics related to smoking and tobacco.
7. www.thecommunityguide.org/index.html The Guide to Community Preventive Services.
8. www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; Guide to Clinical Preventive Services.
9. www.nicotine-anonymous.org Information and meeting schedules of Nicotine Anonymous in your area.
10. www.quitnet.com Offers free cutting-edge tobacco-cessation services to people worldwide.
11. www.tobaccofreekids.org Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; useful reports and data on state and national issues, advocacy oriented.
12. www.smokefree.gov Evidence-based information and professional assistance to help support the immediate and long-term needs of people trying to quit smoking.
13. www.quittobacco.org Smoking cessation site for the public from the Center for Health Improvement and Group Health in Seattle.
14. www.smokefree.net Network for tobacco control information and discussion groups.
15. www.no-smoke.org The Americans for Nonsmokers Rights site; a primary spot for information on secondhand smoke.
16. http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu/University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) site, promoting health professionals to help patients with cessation; many links and resources.
17. www.tobacco.org A daily news service with medical articles and stories from print and broadcast media on tobacco issues.
18. www.scenesmoking.org Annual monitoring of the amount of smoking in each movie category by the Breathe California of Sacramento–Emigrant Trails, Sacramento.
19. www.treattobacco.net Evidence-based tobacco control site of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.