Health Organizations
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
This agency is the lead organization under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services charged with ensuring the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care in the United States. It is responsible for disseminating recommendations from the Public Health Services' Clinical Guidelines on Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence.
American Cancer Society
A nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy and service. The ACS Web site has resources focusing on cancer and tobacco.
Americans for Nonsmokers Rights
A national lobbying organization dedicated to nonsmokers' rights. The website provides research on places covered by smoke-free laws and resources to pass additional legislation to protect people from secondhand smoke.
American Lung Association
ALA provides access to reports, statistics, advocacy opportunities, and treatment information to promote lung health and prevent lung diseases, including those caused by tobacco.
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association provides education and information on fighting heart disease and stroke.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This federal agency provides data, research, and recommendations for programs to improve and promote health. Particularly, information from the Office of Smoking and Health provides statistics, prevention program resources, and other materials to help national, state, and community organizations to reduce tobacco use.
National Research Center for Women and Families
This organization analyzes and disseminates information that can be used to improve the health and well-being of women, children and families. One of their goals is to reduce tobacco use among children and young adults.
National Center for Policy Research for Women and Families
CPR for Women and Families is a new nonprofit research-based think tank,
which translates complicated medical and scientific information into "news
that can be used" by the public, the media and policy makers. The organization
analyzes and disseminates information that can be used to improve the health
and well-being of women, children and families. One of their goals is to
reduce tobacco use among children and young adults.
National Cancer Institute Tobacco Control Research Branch
The TCRB was established in October 1998 to provide a focal point for tobacco control research within the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences. The TCRB plans, develops, implements and maintains a broad spectrum of basic and applied research in the behavioral, social and population sciences on the prevention and cessation of tobacco use.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
As part of the National Institutes of Health, NIDA provides scientific research behind issues relating to drug abuse and addiction. Its Web site has materials on nicotine addiction and tobacco.
National Spit Tobacco Education Network (NSTEP)
NSTEP is a program of Oral Health America that is educating people, especially young people, about the dangers of spit tobacco use, and helping users quit.
Office of the U.S. Surgeon General
The Surgeon General's office produces reports based on scientific studies on health issues concerning Americans, including multiple reports on the different issues related to the harms of tobacco use and the benefits of quitting.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses. SAMHSA also issues the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health (formerly the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse), which provides useful statistics and reports on both adult and youth tobacco use.
World Health Organization
The organization proposes conventions, agreements and regulations and makes recommendations about diseases, causes of death and public health practices around the world. It develops, establishes and promotes international standards concerning foods, pharmaceuticals and similar substances. WHO's Tobacco Free Initiative has information on tobacco control efforts around the world.
