Tobacco Use

Resources – Tobacco Use

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Cost of smoking calculator (see bottom right corner of webpage) (AHA)
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3018961

What’s in tobacco smoke?
http://www.costkids.org/tobacco/ets/ets.htm

Institutional Resources

American Cancer Society (ACS)
http://www.cancer.org

American Heart Association (AHA)
http://americanheart.org
(search on “Smoking”)

American Legacy Foundation
http://www.americanlegacy.org/

American Lung Association
http://lungusa.org

Asbestos.net (mesothelioma cancer)
www.asbestos.net

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
http://tobaccofreekids.org/

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/

Connecticut Department of Public Health, Tobacco Use, Prevention & Control Program (CT DPH)
http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3137&q;=388060&dphNav;_GID=1601

Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
http://statehealthfacts.kff.org/
(search on “Smoking”)

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
http://www.cancer.gov/
(search on “Smoking”)

Nicotine Anonymous
http://www.nicotine-anonymous.org

Smokefree.gov
http://www.smokefree.gov
1-800-QUIT NOW

Technical Assistance Legal Center (TALC)
http://talc.phi.org/

Tobacco Use Prevention & Control Program (CT DPH)
http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3137&q;=388060&dphNav;_GID=1601

U.S. Surgeon General Reports (OSG)
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/index.htm

Secondhand Smoke

Health consequences of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke (OSG)
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/

Secondhand smoke (MedlinePlus)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/secondhandsmoke.html

Secondhand smoke (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand_smoke/index.htm

Secondhand smoke fact sheet (ALA)
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b;=35422

Secondhand smoke: Questions & answers (NCI)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/ETS

What is secondhand smoke? (ACS)
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Secondhand_Smoke-Clean_Indoor_Air.asp

Smoking Cessation

QuitLine (CT DPH)
1-866-END HABIT (1-866-363-4224)

Additional quit-smoking resources….
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
(search on “Smoking”)

Dejar de fumar – Spanish (ALA)
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b;=36787

Double your chances of quitting smoking (ACS)
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_3x_Double_Your_Chances.asp

Helping a smoker quit: Dos & dont’s (ACS)
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_3x_Help_Someone_Quit.asp

How to avoid weight gain when quitting (AHA)
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3011

Quit smoking (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smoking/index.htm

Quit smoking – English (ALA)
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b;=22937

Quitting smoking: Help for cravings & tough situations (ACS)
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_13X_Help_for_Cravings.asp

Smokefree.gov: You can quit smoking now (Smokefree.gov)
http://www.smokefree.gov

Stop smoking: Resources & tools for quitting (AHA)
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3038010

Top 10 reasons to quit smoking (NHLBI)
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/prevent/q_smoke/top_ten.htm

Women’s Health.gov: Independence from smoking (HHS)
http://www.womenshealth.gov/QuitSmoking

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State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health, Protective Health Assessment, 2008.
Funded by the National Governors Association Healthy States Initiative.