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Program Activities
RI Tobacco Control Program
3 Capitol Hill, Room 408
Providence, RI 02908-5097
Phone: 401-222-3293
Fax: 401-222-4415
Contact: Seema Dixit

 

 

Tobacco Control Program

Website Links & Online Resources

Associations

American Lung Association

American Cancer Society

American Heart Association

American Legacy Foundation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tobacco Page

Foundation for Smokefree America

Policies, laws and regulations

Technical Assistance on Tobacco Control Policy Issues

Strong Local Tobacco Retailer Licenses in California: A Comparison (July 2004)

Licensing of Retail Outlets (Health Policy Guide: Evidence-Based Policies to Improve the Public's Health, June 30, 2004)

Quitting

Quit Smoking - 1-800-Try-To-Stop

Center for Tobacco Cessation

CHAMPSS Website for kids who want to help their parents quit

National Network of Tobacco Cessation Quitlines

Quitnet (Quitting)

Smokefree website

Studies Offer Insights on Cessation Among African Americans

Tackling Smoking Cessation in the Veterans Administration

Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care: 2002 Results

Study Shows Success with Nicotine Patch Among Adolescent Smokers

An International Focus on Tobacco Dependence Treatment

Insurance Coverage of Smoking Cessation Treatment for State Employees

The Oregon Public/Private Partnership for Tobacco Cessation

“Put It Out Rockland” Noted as Model Practice

Smokeless Tobacco Use and Treatment

Progress and Future Directions to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit

A New Method to Measure Tobacco Dependence

Building Awareness and Demand for Access to Cessation Services

Smoking Cessation Tied to New CT Screening Study

NRT Products Exempt from Added Warnings, California Supreme Court Rules

New Toolkits Make the Case for Medicaid Coverage

Two Years and Counting

Eliminating Tobacco-Related Health Disparities

HHS Announces Plans for National Quitline Network

New Mexico’s Mandate to Cover Smoking Cessation

Assist Evaluation Results

Smoking Cessation Leadership Center

Guiding Employers on Smoking Cessation

Launching a Quitline Consortium

Women and Quitting Smoking

Special Supplement on Youth Tobacco Cessation

New Mexico’s Mandate to Cover Smoking Cessation

Assist Evaluation Results

Smoking Cessation Leadership Center

Guiding Employers on Smoking Cessation

Tobacco Dependence Among Smokers with Psychiatric Disorders

Nicotine Lozenges

Cessation Subcommittee Reveals 10 Recommendations

Employers and Cessation

Nicotine Lollipops

Helping Pregnant Smokers Quit

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence

Quit smoking resource for youth

Secondhand smoke

Americans for Non-Smokers Rights

Smokefree homes

Secondhand smoke toolkit in public places

Tobacco facts

Informative website on harmful effects of tobacco

Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS)

Second Public Data Release of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

The Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium

A Tobacco Treatment Curriculum for Dental Hygienists

Actual Causes of Death in the United States (2000)

Modest Benefit to Reducing the Number of Cigarettes Smoked

Saving Lives, Saving Money: Why States Should Invest in a Tobacco-Free Future

The lung and cigarette smoking home page

Tobacco timeline

Be In The Know: Statistics on Smoking

Tobacco related news and events

The Buck Tobacco Sponsorship project

Framework Convention for Tobacco Control

Kickbutts day

Tobacco BBS (Latest Tobacco News and Links)

Tobacco Control Legal Consortium

40 Years Since the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health

FTC Reports Big Tobacco Marketing Expenditures for 2001

Congressional Hearings on Tobacco Control

AHP Sixth Annual Survey

News on Quitline Services

Philip Morris Case

New York City’s Smoking Ban in Indoor Public Places

New Report Suggests Tremendous Opportunity for Tobacco Cessation

National Action Plan for Tobacco Cessation

Seven Areas of Effective Cessation Activities

ICSH Subcommittee Regional Hearing 3

National Conference Special Edition

ICSH Subcommittee Regional Hearings 1&2

ICSH Subcommittee Regional Hearings

Physician Intervention

Upcoming ICSH meetings

Mass Media Campaigns

World No Tobacco Day

Youth

The Truth.com (teens)

Tobacco Free Kids Website

Youth Smoking Prevention

Youth Smoking and Media

WORD Youth Empowerment Project

Facts about Smoking and Other Harmful Substances

Drug Free America Website

The Foundation for a smoke free America, Youth websites and resource center
www.notobacco.org & www.tobaccofree.org

Local Youth Organizations

Woonsocket Youth Task Force on Substance Abuse

Narragansett Youth Task Force

Resources

Resource for Youth and Teachers

Resource Center for Parents
http://www.theantidrug.com (English)
http://www.laanitdroga.com (Spanish)

Websites to Help Parents Talk to Kids About Smoking/Drugs
http://www.family.samhsa.gov
http://www.drughelp.org/parents/parents.htm

The Foundation for a smoke free America, Adult website and resource center

An Interactive Smoking Prevention Resource for Youth

An Informational Resource for Youth and Adults

An Informational Website on Spit Tobacco

An Antismoking Activity for High School Teachers and College Instructors

Smoking prevention tips for schools

 

 

 

HOT TOPICS

Rhode Island Goes Smoke-free

Youth Smoking Rates Drop to 15.9%

Adult Smoking Rates Drop to 19.3%

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