- Ireland Sub-Committee on Health and Smoking
Committee in the Parliament of Ireland held three days of hearings on the effects of smoking on Ireland; transcripts here.
http://www.irlgov.ie/Committees-01/c-health/HealthandSmoking/
- Kicking the (US) Habit
Despite months of diplomatic arm-twisting, the Bush administration's tobacco-friendly treaty demands have gone up in flames, and a strong Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is going forward.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2003/11/we_328_01.html
- Marlboro Man Goes East
Report on industry activity in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and other East European nations.
http://www.essential.org/monitor/hyper/issues/1992/01/mm0192_12.html
- Marlboro: the New Frontier
Student paper does economic analysis of why and how Philip Morris markets increasingly to the third world.
http://www.geopoliticus.com/marlboro.htm
- Next Stop: the Third World
Discussion of cigarette promotion by tobacco transnationals to developing countries.
http://www.tobaccofacts.org/tob_truth/tru-thirdworld.html
- Norwegian Department of Tobacco Control
Health and smoking prevalence in Norway, Norwegian tobacco control policy, history of tobacco control initiatives in norway, tobacco ligigation worldwide and in Norway.
http://www.tobakk.no/english/
- Quit In Your Language
Quitting information and tips in Greek, Italian, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
http://www.quitnow.info.au/nesb/index.html
- Smoke Free Kids - Philippines
Hazards of smoking, the tobacco industry in the Philippines, advocacy, upcoming legislation.
http://www.smokefreekids.com.ph/
- Smoke Free Ottawa
Aims to create a smoke-free city where all citiens are protected form the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, where smokers are encouraged to quit, and where former smokers have help in remaining smokefree; in English and French.
http://www.smokefreeottawa.com/
- Smoke Screen: U.S. Tobacco Overseas
Transcript of radio program on promotion of tobacco in developing countries by U.S. tobacco giants.
http://www.radioproject.org/archive/2000/0046.html
- Smoke-Free Nova Scotia
Coalition of groups committed to a tobacco-free Nova Scotia, Canada.
http://www.smokefreens.ca/
- Smoking - Dohányzás
Smoking at the threshold of the year 2000: situation report on Hungary.
http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/hungary/
- Smoking Set to Kill Millions in China
Researchers find a rapid rise in tobacco use in China, where half the smokers surveyed do not know it causes cancer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/466401.stm
- Smoking: Rage Against the Machine
North Eastern Health Board, Ireland, offering information for teenagers and young adults helping them make healthy decisions around smoking.
http://www.nehb.ie/youthhealthne/smoking%20rage.htm
- The Epidemiology of Smoking in Ukraine
Slides from a college lecture reporting the results of a cross sectional survey undertaken in 2000.
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec4851/index.htm
- The Tobacco Industry in New Zealand
Public health monograph of 105 pages (PDF format covers how the tobacco industry in New Zealand relates to the direct health effects of smoking, the addictiveness of nicotine, the effects of secondhand smoke, industry misuse of product design and opposition to harm reduction, industry opposition to tobacco control initiatives.
http://www.wnmeds.ac.nz/Academic/Dph/Publicationsreports/TobaccoMonograph.pdf
- The Tobacco Reference Guide: International
Covers tobacco issues in Canada, China, Eastern Europe, Hong Kong, India, Bangladesh, Japan, Korea, Latin America, the Middle East, Northern Africa, the Philippines, Russia and the former Soviet Union, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Western Europe.
http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter27/table_of_contents_chap27.html
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