Tobacco Prevention: A Top Priority

• Preventing youth from beginning tobacco use

• Helping people quit

• Reducing exposure to secondhand smoke

• Reducing tobacco use in high-risk groups

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Links To Other Sites of Interest

 * Links to external resources are provided as a public service for educational purposes only. External links do not imply endorsement by the Washington State Department of Health of any political, commercial, promotional or other proprietary content that may be included in linked Web sites.

Linked external Web pages are routinely monitored by the Department for materials that advocate for political outcomes. If you find any materials on a directly linked Web page that advocates for, or against, any political candidates, ballot measures, or referendums, please contact us immediately so that the link may be promptly removed.

General

• Office of the Attorney General 

• American Cancer Society

• American Lung Association of Washington

• Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids A comprehensive site describing tobacco industry targeting of youth.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A  comprehensive federal tobacco control and prevention site.

• The Health Consequences of Smoking  A report from the U.S. Surgeon General.

• Health Canada A comprehensive site.

• Tobacco Control Archives--Extensive collection of tobacco industry documents, advertisements, lawsuit information.

• Tobacco.org a very thorough and frequently updated site that presents news on the national, international and even local Washington levels.

• Women and smoking a March 2001 report by the U.S. Surgeon General. 

• Reducing tobacco use a March 2000 report by the U.S. Surgeon General.

• Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC) - Products and Tools

• Guide to Community Preventive Services - Tobacco Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website with Evidence-based recommendations for programs and policies to promote population health. 

• CDC's Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs—2007

• Joint Policy Actions Steps Toward Tobacco Use Prevention and Control  National Association of Local Boards of Health
   

Community programs

• Minorities and smoking Centers for Disease Control and Prevention press release and fact sheets updated in 2001

• Tobacco and adult minorities Fact sheets from the Center for Social Gerontology
   

Youth access

• Revised Code of Washington (RCW), Washington Administrative Code (WAC), laws and Rules    

• Washington State Liquor Control Board  

• Washington State Department of Licensing  

• Public Health Seattle King County Tobacco Prevention Program  

• CDC Healthy People 2010 Goals for Social and Environmental Change  

• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 

• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
   

For contractors

• Washington Healthy Communities Resource Center (WHCRC) provides training, speakers and other services to tobacco contractors. 
   

Evaluation

• Research and Data Reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Department of Social and Health Services Risk and Protective Profile - Link to Department of Social and Health Services Risk and Protection Profile for Substance Abuse Prevention for Washington State and its Counties.
   

Media

• Media Campaign Resource Center The federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention provides campaign resources; some free and some at cost
   

Helping people quit

• Quitline.com  Washington Tobacco Quit Line

• How to quit Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Tobacco cessation materials for both clinicians and the general public from the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General
   

Schools

• PBS Teacher Source-Health and fitness
  Public Broadcast System lesson plans, materials, and resource guide for topics including tobacco use. 

• Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program, U.S. Department of Education. The Federal government's primary program for reducing tobacco use and other forms of abuse through education and prevention activities in schools.
   

Secondhand smoke

• SmokeFreeWashington.com

• Revised Code of Washington (RCW), Washington Administrative Code (WAC), laws and rules

• Labor & Industries Homepage - English

• Labor and Industries Homepage - Espanol 

• American Lung Association of Washington

• Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes

• Healthy People 2010 Goals for Second Hand Smoke Programs: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Report on Carcinogens a report by the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Services that describes the carcinogenic properties of secondhand smoke.

• The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke a 2006 report by the U.S. Surgeon General.
   

Youth in action

• NoStankYou.com - Washington's website for youth

• Tips for Kids The Centers for Disease Control's youth web site

• American Cancer Society--Speak Out! Youth Initiative

• American Lung Association of Washington--Teens Against Tobacco Use

• University of Washington--Teens, Tobacco & the Media 

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