- FindLaw Legal News: Tobacco
Updates on tobacco law from international to local, tobacco ligitation updates, and tobacco industry documents that feature in tobacco law.
http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/tobacco/
- Harris Poll: Tobacco Addiction
Reveals that 70% of all people still smoking have tried to quit, on average four times, and most are aware of tobacco's health effects; poll results called a metric of the power of tobacco addiction.
http://www.harriszone.com/press/PowerOfTobacco.html
- HoltzReport: Tobacco Control
Index of and links to tobacco control stories and research by independent journalist Andrew Holtz, former CNN Medical Correspondent and Kaiser Family Foundation Media Fellow. Includes analyses of the Truth campaign in Florida and the ballot campaign that raised the tobacco tax in Oregon. Also, links to NPR archives and other information on tobacco issues.
http://nasw.org/users/holtza/tob_links.htm
- How The Tobacco Deal Compares To Standards
Analysis by Brion Fox and Stan Glantz of how the proposed June 20th 1997 "global settlement" deal compared with established standards.
http://www.tobacco.org/News/970626howdealstacksup.html
- IIRC: Tobacco Investment
"The one place institutional investors, corporate executives, public health officials and other interested parties can go to get comprehensive, up-to-date, impartial information on the tobacco investment debate." Covers recent industry history, shareholder resolutions, legal situations, advertising and promotion of tobacco, and divestment.
http://www.irrc.org
- Impacts on Tobacco Use and Policy
Poster session from health conference: cigar smoking among college students, engaging youth in tobacco control activities, and developing health warning messages.
http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_3965.htm
- Jeffrey E. Harris, MIT Home page
Online copies of Dr. Harris's economic analyses, most dealing with costs and prices of tobacco products.
http://www.mit.edu/people/jeffrey/index.html
- John R. Garrison address to the Senate
1998 testminony of John Garrison, President of the American Lung Association, to the U.S. Senate Committee on Judiciary; outlines tobacco facts and related public policy aims and means.
http://judiciary.senate.gov/oldsite/garrison.htm
- Making the Case: Counter Advertising as a Tobacco Use Deterrent
Counter advertising can be effective, but its effectiveness depends on factors such as adequate, long term funding; ability to administer the campaign from from political interference; a broad-based focus rather than one exclusively tragetting children.
http://www.advocacy.org/publications/mtc/counterads.htm
- PBS - Dr. David Kessler
Dr. Kessler responds to tobacco industry arguments, lays out the case for regulating tobacco products.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/settlement/interviews/kessler.html
- Policy on Nicotine and Tobacco
Short policy statement from Virginia Commonwealth University outlines College on Problems of Drug Dependence position on nicotine and tobacco use.
http://views.vcu.edu/cpdd/policy/tobacco.html
- Public Citizen: Tobacco Policy Papers
Discussion and analysis of tobacco policy options including litigation, legislation, regulation, and deals with the industry; focus is on the proposed deal of 1997.
http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/prod_liability/tobacco/
- Reducing the Addictiveness of Cigarettes
Can cigarettes be made less addictive? Scientific paper examines the question.
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/7/3/281?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=Reducing+the+addictiveness+of+cigarettes&searchid=QID_NOT_SET&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=&fdate=12/1/1997&tdate=2/
- Smoke-Free Families
Innovations to stop smoking during and beyond pregnancy: a new national partnership that can dramatically improve the health of mothers and their babies, while saving lives and cutting health care costs.
http://www.smokefreefamilies.org/
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