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Links
Looking
for websites on tobacco related topics? Check our list of links
below.
Lancaster
& Pennsylvania Websites
National & International Websites
Lancaster
& Pennsylvania Websites
American
Lung Association of Pennsylvania – The official
website of the American Lung Association of Pennsylvania.
Council
on Drug & Alcohol Abuse – A nonprofit prevention
and education agency in Lancaster County, dedicated to the reduction
of the harmful use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
A member of the Tobacco Free Coalition of Lancaster County.
Clean
Air Council - Clean Air Council is a member-supported,
non-profit environmental organization dedicated to protecting everyone's
right to breathe clean air. The Council works through public education,
community advocacy, and government oversight to ensure enforcement
of environmental laws.
Freedom
From Smoking® Online - American
Lung Association offers a free web-based smoking cessation program.
Health
Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania (HPC) -
HPC's mission is to promote health and prevent disease, especially
among those at greatest risk, through education, outreach and advocacy.
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster
County Drug & Alcohol Commission – The primary
contractor for the Tobacco Settlement in Lancaster County.
Lancaster
Drug & Alcohol Information Center – A lending
library (videos and books), free publications, and an Information
& Referral service.
PA
Busted! – BUSTED! is a Pennsylvania youth movement
fighting Big Tobacco.
Pennsylvania
Alliance to Control Tobacco (PACT) - The Pennsylvania
Alliance to Control Tobacco (PACT) is a statewide alliance focused
on grassroots public policy and advocacy. The mission of PACT is
to strengthen tobacco control laws in Pennsylvania, provide education
about the dangers of tobacco, and reduce tobacco use through a statewide
grassroots advocacy coalition. PACT will provide Pennsylvania's
local tobacco control coalitions with education, training, and support
in local public policy initiatives.
Pennsylvania
Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics – This
website includes information on Clean Air For Healthy Children.
Pennsylvania
Department of Health – The official
website of the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
National & International
Websites
Take the Smoke-free Homes Pledge – By taking the pledge, you choose not to smoke in your home and do not permit others to do so. Small children are especially vulnerable to the health effects of secondhand smoke.
American
Cancer Society – The official website of the
American Cancer Society.
American
Heart Association – The official website of the
American Heart Association.
American
Legacy Foundation - The American Legacy Foundation
is dedicated to building a world where young people reject tobacco
and anyone can quit. The foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization
that was established in March 1999 as a result of the Master Settlement
Agreement (MSA) between a coalition of attorneys general in 46 states
and five U.S. territories and the tobacco industry, and is funded
primarily by payments designated by the settlement.
American
Lung Association – The official website of the
American Lung Association.
Americans
for Non-Smokers’ Rights - Americans for Nonsmokers'
Rights is the only national lobbying organization dedicated to nonsmokers'
rights, taking on the tobacco industry at all levels of government
to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke and youth from tobacco
addiction. ANR pursues an action-oriented program of policy and
legislation.
Campaign
for Tobacco Free Kids - Lots of great information on
tobacco-related issues.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tobacco Information and
Prevention Source (TIPS) – Huge online resource,
including publications, links to other sites, and the latest in
research.
Clear
Horizons - If you’re a smoker over 50 who’s thinking
about quitting, Clear Horizons is just for you. Even if you’ve been
smoking for most of your life, you can still quit and reverse much
of the damage that smoking has caused to your body. This 24-page
guide will help you every step of the way
Foundation
for a Smoke Free America - The Foundation for a Smokefree
America's mission is to motivate youth to stay tobacco free, and
to empower smokers to quit successfully.
It’s
Time To Focus On Lung Cancer - This lung cancer awareness
campaign is dedicated to improving care for those with lung cancer
by disseminating up-to-date and accurate information that encourages
early diagnosis; shares developments in screening and treatment;
and offers support to lung cancer patients and their loved ones.
NAAAPI
- The National Association of African Americans for
Positive Imagery
was formed
in 1991, to help end the excessive marketing of alcohol, tobacco,
and other harmful products to communities of color.
National
Cancer Institute – The official website of the
National Cancer Institute.
SMOKEFREE.net
- The goals of the SMOKEFREE Network are devoted to winning
the right to breathe smokefree air.
Smoking
Is Ugly – A smoking cessation and lung cancer
resource site, created by model Christy Turlington.
Tobacco
Cessation Guideline – Official tobacco cessation
guidelines from the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General.
Tobacco
Encyclopedia – The online tobacco encyclopedia.
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