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Tobacco Free Initiative
World Health Organization effort against use of tobacco.
www.who.int/

Tobacco Facts - Spit and Chew Tobacco
Factsheet on spit tobacco product, what's in it, and what it does to its customers, featuring the story of Rick Bender.
www.tobaccofacts.org/

Hedging their Bets: Tobacco and Gambling Industries Work Against Smokefree Policies
Research article studies the relationship between the tobacco and gambling industries in their collaborative efforts to prevent smokefree casinos and gambling facilities and fight smokefree policies generally.
tc.bmjjournals.com/

Restricting Youth Access to Tobacco: Does it Reduce Youth Tobacco Consumption?
Summary of the research by ANR concludes the evidence is poor that youth access strategies are effective in reducing consumption.
www.no-smoke.org/

The Tobacco Reference Guide: Tobacco Farmers
Factsheets on tobacco farming, economics and statistics, and breakdowns by state.
www.globalink.org/

The Effect of Tobacco Advertising Bans on Tobacco Consumption
Paper in the Journal of Health Economics; concludes that comprehensive bans reduce consumption, limited bans have little or no effect.
www.nber.org/

The Opium Wars of the 21st Century: Tobacco and the Developing World
"The struggle against tobacco is not being won, it is being relocated. The tobacco wars of the next century will increasingly be waged among vulnerable populations ill equipped to cope with the slick marketing techniques and the dirty tricks perfected by the tobacco industry."
pcvc.sminter.com.ar/

The Impact of the 1997 Tobacco Tax Increase on Cigarette Consumption in Alaska
Graphs consumption; measures price elasticity.
health.hss.state.ak.us/

The Political and Ethical Responsibility of the Physician in Controlling the Tobacco Epidemic
Editorial from the European Respiratory Society explores what physicians can and should do to combat tobacco use.
www.personal.u-net.com/

Second Conference on the Regulation of Tobacco Dependence Treatment Products: Conclusions
Major conclusions: treatment works, treatment is cost effective, treatment is essential to reducing the death toll. Conference of WHO Europe.
www.ash.org.uk/