Listed here (alphabetically)
are some online
Australian and international resources on tobacco. Most sites include
links to further information. We've divided the resources
into COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT, STATE/TERRITORY
GOVERNMENT (including part-government), NON-GOVERNMENT
(Australia) and INTERNATIONAL
RESOURCES.
See also specific resources
listed on our various campaign pages or under
Facts
and Issues
NEW
Rebutting
the tobacco industry, winning smokefree air
November 2009: Global Smokefree Partnership 2009 status
report on tobacco industry interference to hold back and undermine
public health legislation. Details the industry’s worldwide tactics of
fear and misinformation, vs the positive impact of governments,
organisations and individuals who are taking them on - with the backing
of the FCTC treaty.
Preventative
Health Taskforce
report: tobacco chapter
September 2009: Landmark
report to the Australian Government includes this chapter on the best
ways forward in tackling our No. 1 Preventable cause of chronic disease.
See ASH
Australia media release 1/9/09 and
critique of BAT's
mythmaking attack
Tobacco
Free Educational Campuses
2009 guide prepared by the International Union Against Tobacco and
Lung Disease on developing and maintaining 100% tobacco-free educational
facilities. This was
partly based on ASH Australia's Tobacco
Free Campus Guide
Tobacco
Free
Healthcare Facilities
2009 guide prepared by the International Union Against Tobacco and
Lung Disease on developing and maintaining 100% tobacco-free healthcare
facilities.
COMMONWEALTH
GOVERNMENT
Preventative
Health Taskforce
report: tobacco chapter
September 2009: Landmark
report to the Australian Government includes this chapter on the best
ways forward in tackling our No. 1 Preventable cause of chronic disease.
See ASH
Australia media release 1/9/09
Australian Institute
of Health and Welfare
Site includes
publications and statistics on drug use in Australia, including tobacco.
Department of
Health and Ageing
Information on Commonwealth Government initiatives in tobacco
control, including the National Tobacco Strategy, which comprises
Commonwealth and State/Territory governments' comprehensive approach to
tobacco control.
The Department also
has a useful calendar
of health-related dates
National
Tobacco Strategy 2004-09
From the
(Federal-State) Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, continuation of
the National Tobacco Campaign (see below).
National Tobacco Campaign
A Commonwealth, State and Territory health initiative. The website
has facts about smoking, images from the national campaign and stories
and information about quitting.
2006
pack warnings (spool down); About
the warnings
STATE/TERRITORY GOVERNMENT (and
part-government)
Cancer
Institute NSW
See the media ads etc for the latest NSW "Excuses"
campaign here. Also available is the new "Change is in the
Air" campaign, a joint initiative between the Cancer Institute NSW
and NSW Health announcing the legislative changes to smoking inside NSW
licensed venues. See above site or coontact Anita Dessaix, ph. (02)
8374-5639.
Quit
Victoria / Cancer Council Victoria
Background on smoking, health issues and stopping smoking. This site
includes a 'Tobacco Action Pack' for students and the online text of the
booklet Tobacco
in Australia: Facts and Issues - revised 2008 edition of this
complete and
fully referenced online encyclopaedia of everything you ever wanted to know about
tobacco and smoking in Australia.
Make
Smoking History
Great WA health agency site including new
"It's never too late to quit" campaign
aimed at older smokers.
NSW
Tobacco Action Plan 2005-2009
Sets out NSW government
commitment to prevention and reduction of harm. Currently under
review.
NON-GOVERNMENT
(Australia)
ACOSH (Australian Council on Smoking andHealth)
Perth-based
smoking and health group. Includes non-smoking
resources such as stickers for the car, home and business, a
comprehensive library on smoking and health and an
Aboriginal Smoking and Health Project.
Australian Council on Smoking and Health
A coalition of 34 medical, educational and community organisations
concerned with reducing the health consequences of smoking at a
state-wide, national and international level.
Australian Drug Foundation
An independent, not-for-profit organisation working to prevent and
reduce alcohol and drug problems in the Australian community.
Australian Lung Foundation
Guide to lung health and respiratory medicine for the community and
health professionals.
Australian National Council on Drugs
Information on drugs in Australia, including tobacco, news and
events.
Cancer Council Australia
Extensive cancer info for health professionals and the community.
Cancer
Council NSW
Contains
useful sections on lung cancer and tobacco and smoking.
Cochrane Centre
Australasia
A not-for-profit research organisation that aims to help people make
informed decisions about health care. Site includes synopses and
abstracts of reviews of health and medical research.
OxyGen
Created and funded by the South Australian Smoking and Health
Project, Smarter than Smoking Project (WA) and Quit Victoria to
promote and encourage healthy lifestyle choices and provide
information on the impact of tobacco.
National
Heart Foundation
Dedicated to improving cardiovascular health, it includes materials for
students on the role tobacco plays in heart disease and stroke.
Public
Health Advocacy and Tobacco Control: Making Smoking History
Overview, contents and orders here for this major 2008 book on advocacy and tobacco control by
Professor Simon Chapman of Sydney University (and ASH board
member).
Tobacco
Control Supersite
From the University of Sydney's Tobacco Industry Documents Project
Team, contains new databases,
summaries and access to pdfs of previously secret tobacco industry
documents revealing some of their most outrageous misdeeds.
INTERNATIONAL
RESOURCES
ASH
(UK)
A very comprehensive tobacco control site and covers UK and Europe
with a big focus on the tobacco industry documents.
BBC
world rundown on smoking bans
BBC News site gives a thumbnail update from various countries on smoking
bans and other tobacco control legislation, as government battle to stub
out the epidemic.
Curbing the Epidemic: Governments and the Economics of Tobacco
Control
The result of a partnership between WHO and the World Bank, this
report covers key issues that most societies and policymakers face when
they think about tobacco or its control.
Cyberisle
Tips on
stopping smoking and information designed for young people including a
five step plan process for changing health behaviour.
Deaths
from smoking
Great new website
from UICC (International Union for Cancer Control) and others, featuring
Powerpoint presentations on smoking hazards, benefits of quitting,
messages for middle-aged smokers, facts and tables on country
impacts etc, and slideshows on
smoking deaths from 40 countries (including Australia) and various
regional and other groupings.
Developing
Smokefree Implementation Regulations toolkit
Developing Smokefree Implementation Regulations
(DSIR) toolkit,
from the US Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC). A web-based toolkit designed to help health departments,
advocacy organisations, and others in public health draft
and adopt regulations to implement comprehensive smokefree laws.
Includes overview, model rules, examples of language. US-based but a
useful resource for all countries. More info: email
ttac@sph.emory.edu
Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (FCTC)
A World Health Organisation treaty to address issues as diverse
as tobacco advertising and promotion, agricultural diversification,
smuggling, taxes and subsidies. Australia has ratified it, among
hundreds of countries. We have obligations including 100% smokefree
workplaces, comprehensively banning all tobacco advertising and
promotion through all media, and resisting tobacco industry interference
in policy-making. See
implementation guide
and summary
Framework
Convention Alliance
Over 200 organisations from more than 80 countries are involved in
this alliance, which aims to make the worldwide tobacco treaty (FCTC -
see above) effective. This is their redesigned and much improved
website.
Get Outraged
Specialising in the effects of secondhand smoke, adverts and actions.
GlobaLink
The International Tobacco Control Community, managed by the
International Union Against Cancer. Provides information and
communication for all those active in smoking prevention. To access this
site you need to be a member and have a password. Globalink
has a very useful page (http://books.globalink.org/) which links
to book relevant to tobacco control. If you have published a book, or
recommend a book that you would like to see go up on the list, please
send a .jpg or .gif file of the cover, plus details of purchase and any
short (1 para max) review-style comments to Harold Colomes at Globalink
who will update the site.
More info: email colomes@globalink.org
globaltobaccocontrol.org
A new interactive resource from the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health (US). Includes free
online training, dedicated to enhancing knowledge about global tobacco
control. A good source for research and policy guidance on how to stem
the global epidemic of tobacco-related deaths. Designed
for policymakers,
researchers, health professionals/educators, students and
more.
Global
Tobacco Research Network (GTRN)
April 2005: New network, specifically
created to serve the needs of the international community of tobacco
control researchers. The site includes in-depth and searchable
researcher profiles, clearinghouse of training and funding
opportunities, international tobacco control literature database, links
to important tobacco control data sources, technical resources and
tools, interactive Tobacco Atlas and the Research Assistance Matching
Program (Project RAM). Visit, send input to the GTRN Coordinating Center
via the site email address, and also share with GTRN information and
resources which would be of benefit to the research community.
Health Consequences of Smoking 2004
US Surgeon-General's latest report. Very comprehensive. Includes
what the report means to you, flash animations, pdf and htm links.
Invaluable resource.
"Hooked
on tobacco": New Internationalist
June 2004: Good brief, informative articles and graphics on tobacco's worldwide
health harm, environmental and social impacts, economic and trade
problems, and more.
International Tobacco Control Library
From Tobaccofreekids (US), an advocate's treasure chest of
tobacco control materials from around the world.
Public
Health Advocacy and Tobacco Control: Making Smoking History
Overview, contents and orders here for this major 2008 book on advocacy and tobacco control by Simon Chapman,
editor of Tobacco Control journal (and ASH board
member).
Rebutting
the tobacco industry, winning smokefree air
November 2009: Global Smokefree Partnership 2009 status
report on tobacco industry interference to hold back and undermine
public health legislation. Details the industry’s worldwide tactics of
fear and misinformation, vs the positive impact of governments,
organisations and individuals who are taking them on - with the backing
of the FCTC treaty.
Role
of the Media in Promoting and Reducing Tobacco Use
2008 report from US National Cancer Institute from 5
years, 23 authors (including Australian co-leader), 62 expert reviewers. How the tobacco
industry uses media to promote; evidence for effectiveness of bans on advertising and
promotion; role of
news & entertainment media (including movies); evidence on mass
media campaigns and other strategies.
Key findings:
- Tobacco advertising and promotion is
causally related to tobacco use. Partial ad bans don't
reduce tobacco use because the industry moves resources from banned into
promotion-permitted media. This supports retail display bans,
plain tobacco packaging, and closing off remaining promotion avenues.
- Depictions
of smoking in movies is causally related to youth smoking uptake.
Efforts to reduce depictions of smoking in movies are needed.
- Mass
media campaigns reduce youth and adult smoking. Especially
when alongside other strategies in comprehensive
tobacco control programs. Media messages that perform most strongly
use negative emotion to communicate serious health consequences of smoking
- these do well well across different age and
race/ethnic groups. Better funding is needed to ensure reach to all Australians.
Tobacco
Atlas
New revised 3rd edition compiled by American Cancer Society and World
Lung Foundation. includes worldwide research and
background on tobacco health, economics, youth, women, sports, history,
religion, advocacy, WHO/FCTC info, much more.
Tobacco
BBS-News and Resources on Tobacco
The
biggest anti-tobacco site in the world with plenty of links.
Tobacco
Control journal
A quarterly scientific journal that considers all aspects of tobacco
prevention and control. Includes published articles, papers and links.
Tobacco
Control
Resource Center Fact Sheets
Fact sheets on
tobacco advertising, economics of tobacco, the nurse's role, second-hand
smoke, prevalence surveys, product regulation, tobacco smuggling, youth
and cigarettes.
TobaccoFactFile
Online database launched by the Tobacco Control Resource Centre (TCRC).
A “one-stop” resource about tobacco, designed for health
professionals, media, educators and the public. Endorsed by
a wide range of health organisations and leaders.
Tobacco
Free Educational Campuses
2009 guide prepared by the International Union Against Tobacco and
Lung Disease on developing and maintaining 100% tobacco-free educational
facilities. This
was based on ASH Australia's Tobacco
Free Campus Guide
Tobacco
Free
Healthcare Facilities
2009 guide prepared by the International Union Against Tobacco and
Lung Disease on developing and maintaining 100% tobacco-free healthcare
facilities.
Tobacco
Free Kids (USA)
A mix of
policy and legal analysis containing resources for children.
Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
US Centres for Disease Control site with general info about tobacco, current news and events, research, data and
reports categorised by topic, new tobacco-related citations and
educational materials.
Tobacco
News and Information
Gene Borio's fully searchable tobacco news archive. You can enter a
search term and find collected news coverage from every part of the
world permanently archived. Any tobacco news item you may have
remembered reading or hearing about in the last decade - it will be
here.
TOBACCOpedia
Online tobacco encyclopedia, developed by the International Union
Against Cancer and the University of Sydney.
Treatobacco
Useful international site for health professional, policy-makers and
regulators. Research and background on health effects, interventions,
economics, policy & more. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
with input from WHO, World Bank, CDC, Cochrane and others.
(The)
Truth
A youth site
with a focus on exposing the truth about the tobacco industry with hard hitting counter advertising
campaigns.
UK
Centre for Tobacco Control Studies
March 2009: Seven British universities have established this site
featuring lots of leading research and other resources.
WHO Tobacco Free Initiative
Information about World Health Organisation tobacco control
initiatives, major international reports, and WHO publications, reports
and fact sheets.
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