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Home / Regional / Europe / United Kingdom / Health / Substance Abuse / Tobacco
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Web Sites
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- Government Response - Government Response to the Health Select Committee's Second Report on the Tobacco Industry and the Health Risks of Smoking, published in October 2000
www.doh.gov.uk/smokinggovresponse.htm
- Guardian Unlimited - Special report: Smoking - Collection of Guardian articles on smoking, tobacco, secondhand smoke, politics, public policy.
www.guardian.co.uk/smoking
- No Smoking Day - No Smoking Day comes once a year. The web site is available all year round to provide support for quitters and for professionals.
www.no-smoking-day.org.uk
- QUIT - Practical advice on giving up. Telephone helpline available.
www.quit.org.uk
- quitsmokinguk.com - Kara Miller's independent Web site offers advice, forums and chat rooms for people who are trying to stop smoking.
www.quitsmokinguk.com
- Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health - Results of the government commissioned review of tobacco and its effects on Health. Published in 1998.
www.official-documents.co.uk/document/doh/tobacco/report.htm
- Rosen Stop Smoking Workshops - A stop smoking programme available to employers and to health clubs.
www.stopsmokingnow.co.uk
- Smoke Free Birmingham - A guide to smoke free places in Birmingham, as well as information on how to quit.
www.smokefree.org.uk
- Smoking Kills - A White Paper on Tobacco - This official document outlines the government strategy to reduce smoking, published in 1998.
www.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm41/4177/4177.htm
- Smoking: Don't give up giving up - Official site produced by the NHS Health Education Authority. Useful advice on how to give up and you can ask for regular supportive e-mails.
www.givingupsmoking.co.uk
- Tobacco Control Resource Centre - Promotes tobacco control by working mainly with national medical associations in Europe. Encourages doctors to stop smoking and provides information to enable doctors to help their patients quit.
www.tobacco-control.org
- Wired for Health - Smoking - This is the smoking section of the government sponsored educational resource, Wired for Health, and provides facts about smoking intended to help teachers.
www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/teaching/smo/intro.html
- ASH - Action on Smoking and Health - Pressure group and registered UK charity, lobbying for a comprehensive national programme to tackle the epidemic of tobacco-related diseases. Excellent collection of links and resources.
www.ash.org.uk
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