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Tobacco Control Program
FACT SHEETS
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Fact Sheets
The The American Legacy Foundation has two goals that guide its work toward creating tobacco-free generations: to arm all young people with the knowledge and tools to reject tobacco, and to eliminate disparities in access to tobacco prevention and cessation services.
American Legacy Foundation FACT SHEETS
RESOURCES
Want to quit smoking?
 1-800-Try-To-Stop
(1-800-879-8678)
(Spanish)
1-800-8-Déjalo
(1-800-833-5256)
1-800-TDD-1477
(Hearing Impaired)
CDC Hispanic Health Program features program accomplishments and future activities.
National Association of African Americans for Positive Imager (NAAAPI) - NAAAPI has worked since 1991 to impact the effects the tobacco industry has had on the African American community and communities of color.
Americans for NonSmokers' Rights - features Tobacco’s Target Populations
Action on Smoking and Health – Feature Excerpts from many studies including;
Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL) – Tobacco Use Prevalence Data
Project SCUM - How a tobacco company targeted the gay & homeless communities – “SCUM” is the acronym for “Sub Culture Urban Marketing” – features actual documents from the tobacco industry.
Working with Active Military Personnel – Strategies and Lessons Learned from the California Tobacco Control Program.
CDC - Reaching Specific Populations (Chapter 4) - Designing and Implementing an Effective Tobacco Marketing Campaign
American Lung Association - Health Disparities in Lung Disease 2006 – provides health information on tobacco use, air quality, lung cancer, asthma, and more.
American Lung Association - Tobacco Use, Data and Health Effects for Priority Populations
Eliminating Tobacco-Related Health Disparities - National Conference on Tobacco & Health Disparities Summary
Advocacy Institute – Special Populations: Implications for State Tobacco Policy – What a tobacco policy needs to do to address the needs of populations that have been disproportionately affected by tobacco use. These populations primarily include women, racial and ethnic minorities, and persons of low-socioeconomic status.
Tobacco Use Among US Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups: African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics: A Report of the Surgeon General - Surgeon General's Report Warns of Health Reversals as Minority Teen Smoking Increases - First Report on Tobacco and Minorities Issued.
QUITNET: Quit All Together
Spanish "Don't Quit Alone" Chat Room
Streetheory.org: American Legacy Foundation - Building a World Where Young People Reject Tobacco and Anyone Can Quit -
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