- Non Smokers' Movement of Australia
Fighting the tobacco industry, tobacco advertising, smoking in public places and "all out-of-touch politicians who support this bogus industry". Newsletter with timely updates; publications and factsheets on tobacco history, industry strategies, and smokefree environments.
http://www.nsma.org.au/
- NYPIRG: Tobacco
Information on secondhand smoke, tobacco divestment, clean indoor air laws; downloadable book on Big Tobacco and what you can do.
http://www.nypirg.org/health/tobacco/
- Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco
Founded in 1992 to support the Ontario Tobacco Control Act to reduce tobacco sales to minors, eliminate tobacco sales from drug stores and vending machines, and make more public places smoke-free. Since then, has worked for smoke-free workplace and public place by-laws, has done research on the costs of smoking and the impacts of second-hand smoke, and assisted health agencies in developing and implementing tobacco control policies.
http://www.ocat.org/
- Ontario Tobacco-Free Network
Volunteer-directed, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to reduce the harmful effects of tobacco use. Updates on Canada and the U.S. Extensive resources area. In English and French.
http://www.theotn.org/
- Philip Morris Can't Hide
Presents video on Philip Morris's name change to Altria, and offers ideas for taking action.
http://www.philipmorriscanthide.org
- Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada
Covers everything from tobaco marketing to constituents of secondhand smoke to economic costs of smoking in Canada.
http://www.smoke-free.ca/
- PIRG: Smokefree Environment Campaign
Public Interest Research Group, a consumer organization, finds that Big Tobacco does a lot that affects the public interest.
http://www.pirg.org/consumer/tobacco/index.htm
- Prescription for Change
"To help a persistent cough, go to aisle 8. To get a persistent cough, go to aisle 14" Advocacy to urge pharmacies to stop selling tobacco products.
http://www.rxforchange.org/
- Protect Local Control
Fights to protect community rights to pass smokefree ordinances.
http://www.protectlocalcontrol.org
- ProtectMontanaKids.org
Health organizations initiative to support tobacco prevention effots in Montana.
http://www.protectmontanakids.org
- Public Citizen: Tobacco
Amicus briefs, litgation summaries, testimony, comments, and articles by Public Citizen regarding tobacco regulation, litigation, and legislation.
http://www.citizen.org/litigation/briefs/Tobacco/index.cfm
- QuickTime: PSA
A quicktime video clip of an anti-smoking ad aired in California, until it was pulled by governor Pete Wilson. Wilson is "still a good friend" of the tobacco industry, according to an exposed industry document.
http://bsd.mojones.com/mother_jones/MJ96/qt2.html
- RI Tobacco Control Network
The Rhode Island Tobacco Control Network has a local calendar, factsheets, RI state laws on tobacco, RI communities with tobacco control ordinances, and advocate training.
http://www.ritobaccocontrolnet.com/
- Robert Sklaroff's Tobacco Page
Robert Sklaroff, MD, writes about his decades-long effort to fight Big Tobacco.
http://sklaroff.globalink.org/homepage-tobacco.html
- SIF Research: Tobacco's Changing Context
Explores the different approaches that shareholders can take in formulating a response to tobacco, such as divestment, modification of investments and shareholder resolutions. A sampling of institutions, including pension funds, universities, insurance companies and foundations, along with their responses, is included.
http://www.socialinvest.org/areas/research/tobacco/
- Singer/songwriter Forms Coalition to Fight Tobacco Industry
Leslie Nuchow rejected a lucrative promotion offer when she learned it was from Philip Morris. Then she formed Virginia SLAM! a coalition of musicians, music industry professionals and community activists working against the tobacco industry's manipulation of music to promote smoking.
http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/fyi.pat,fyi/30da14cb.508,.html
- Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Avocacates for a smokefree society. Features information on the economic costs of tobacco use.
http://smokefreemd.org/
- Smoke Free Maryland Voting Records Site
"Did your lawmakers vote for Big Tobacco or You?" Smoke Free Maryland's Voting Records Page examines each candidate's record on the issues.
http://www.smokefreemd.org/voting/
- SmokeScreen Action Network
Tobacco news, discussion, and advocacy. Features extensive set of mailing lists organized by topic.
http://www.smokescreen.org
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