Resources
Center for Disease Control – tobacco and smoking fact sheet
Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. Smoking causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general.1
Tobacco Free Air
Recent technological advances have provided relatively inexpensive portable instruments, such as the TSI Sidepak AM510 Aerosol Monitor, that can measure and record in real-time the levels of tobacco smoke pollutants in the air.
This online course will help researchers who have been provided a SidePak Aerosol Monitor through the Roswell Park Cancer Institute to conduct air monitoring research in their country.
ITC project
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3G1
Canada
itc@uwaterloo.ca
Tobacco Commons
Srdar data collection
Global Policies
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
The WHO FCTC was developed in response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic and is an evidence-based treaty that reaffirms the right of all people to the highest standard of health. The Convention represents a milestone for the promotion of public health and provides new legal dimensions for international health cooperation.
Global Tobacco Control
This site offers free instructional training for policy makers, researchers, educators and the general public. We help participants develop and implement effective tobacco control programs, advocate for substantial anti-smoking regulations and craft media campaigns that make a difference. Our multimedia educational modules feature tobacco control experts from around the world. The curriculum was developed by faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the premier source for research and policy guidance on how to stem the global epidemic of tobacco-related cancer deaths.
NY state Quitline
For help quitting tobacco products.
Blum Archive
Alan Blum, MD, Professor and Gerald Leon Wallace M.D. Endowed Chair in Family Medicine at the University of Alabama, is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on the history of smoking and cigarette marketing. Since 1998 he has directed the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, which comprises one of the world’s largest collections on the tobacco industry and the anti-smoking movement. Roswell Park Cancer Institute for the past 5 years has been digitizing Dr. Blum Collection and creating the Blum Archive.
Non-Smokers Rights Association
The NSRA is a voluntary non-profit health organization that has worked exclusively in the field of tobacco control for over 35 years. Its mission is to promote public health by eliminating illness and death caused by tobacco, including second-hand smoke. The NSRA has members in all provinces and territories
