Tobacco

Addicted to Nicotine: A National Research Forum
Includes presentation summaries of papers presented at the conference held in 2001 at the (US) National Institutes of Health. Topics include nicotine delivery systems, pharmacology, individual and environmental risk factors, the psychobiology of addition, and treatment of nicotine dependence.
http://www.nida.nih.gov/meetsum/nicotine/Nicotine.html

Ammonia Added to Cigarettes Can Significantly Boost Availability of Nicotine
Independent research confirms that ammonia added to ciarettes can boost the availability of nicotine up to 100 times.
http://www.ndsn.org/AUGUST97/AMMONIA.html

Cancer Facts and Figures
Concise summary from the American Cancer Society of tobacco use, cigarettes, trends in smoking, profiling smokers, costs of tobacco, nicotine addiction, secondhand smoke, spit tobacco, and industrial hazards.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/stt/stt_0.asp

CDC's TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
Maintained by the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. Covers tobacco-related issues, statistics, news, research, data, reports, quitting tips, educational materials, publications, . Also sections dedicated to youth.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/

A Collection of Articles on Nicotine Addiction
Articles about research studies funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NN0031.html

eMedicine - Nicotine Addiction
Medical facts on the physiology of nicotine addiction, and the effect tobacco products have on the brain, lungs, and other vital organs, and a treatment options section.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1642.htm

'Impact Booster': Tobacco Firm Shows How Ammonia Spurs Delivery of Nicotine
1996 Pulitzer prize-winning reporting on how the tobacco industry uses ammonia to engineer cigarettes for addiction.
http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/5891

Infofax - Cigarettes and Other Nicotine Products
NIH short summary of nicotine effects.
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/tobacco.html

Low Tar Exposed
Site explains why "low tar", "light" and "mild" cigarettes are just as harmful as regular cigarettes.
http://www.lowtarexposed.org/

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Tobacco & Cancer
University of Texas medical center factsheets on effects of smoking and tobacco, and tips and support for quitting. One-third of M. D. Anderson patients have tobacco-related cancers.
http://www.mdanderson.org/topics/smoking

Nicotine Addiction
Concise factsheet.
http://www1.umn.edu/perio/tobacco/nicaddct.html

Nicotine Addiction And Cigarettes
American Lung Association info sheets on smoking, nicotine, and related topics: does smoking help people relax? What quitting methods work?
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22937

Nicotine Addiction Can Start Within A Few Days And After Just A Few Cigarettes
Recent research shows that cigarette products cause addiction much faster than was previously believed, in just a few doses.
http://www.cfah.org/hbns/newsrelease/nicotine9-12-00.cfm

Nicotine Addiction in Britain
Complete online book by the Royal College of Physicians; covers physical. pharmacological, and psychological effects; addiction; the smoker's career; regulation of intake; treatment; regulatory approaches; recommendations.
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/nicotine/

Nicotine Addiction in Britain
Includes report produced by the Royal College of Physicians. "Nicotine addiction is one of the major reasons why people continue to smoke cigarettes, and cigarettes are in reality extremely effective and closely controlled nicotine delivery devices".
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/nicotine/2-physical.htm

Nicotine and Addiction
ASH-UK factsheet on nicotine, its properties, difficulty in quitting, measures of dependence, withdrawal systems, genetic influence, and tobacco industry recognition of the its importance. [PDF]
http://newash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_114.pdf

Nicotine and the Tobacco Industry
Science Week article focuses on 3 decades of tobacco industry efforts to engineer cigarettes for addiction.
http://scienceweek.com/1998/sw981113.htm

Nicotine Junkies
Information on kids and smoking, facts about smoking and addiction.
http://whyfiles.org/024nicotine/

Quit Victoria
"Tobacco smoking is the single most important cause of ill health and premature death in Australia." Not just quitting information -- health questions answered; effects of cigarettes; quit evaluation studies; information in languages other than English; smokefree workplaces and dining.
http://www.quit.org.au/

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=2/28/1999

Report of the UK Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health
Report covers the scientific evidence on active smoking, passive smoking, nicotine addiction, price and marketing of cigarettes and other tobacco products, cessation, key conclusions.
http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/doh/tobacco/report.htm

Research Report: Nicotine Addiction
Information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse about nicotine, addiction, the extent and impact of tobacco use, how nicotine delivers its effect, consequences of continued use, treatments, and gender differences.
http://www.drugabuse.gov/researchreports/nicotine/nicotine.html

Smoking And Tobacco Factsheets
From the Missouri Health Department, a large set of factsheets on cigarettes, tobacco advertising, health effects, and secondhand smoke.
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/SmokingAndTobacco/

Smoking Is Ugly
Created and sustained by Christy Turlington, an online resource guide, providing information and links to numerous lung cancer and smoking-cessation related websites. SmokingIsUgly.com is part of Turlington's campaign to raise awareness about the effects of smoking, smoking related diseases and lung cancer.
http://www.smokingisugly.com

Statement on Nicotine-Containing Cigarettes by David A. Kessler, M.D.
Provides information on industry manipulation and control of nicotine in cigarettes.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/SPEECH/SPE00052.htm

TCSG - Tobacco and The Elderly
Papers and factsheets on: tobacco and minorities, state tobacco settlement funds, tobacco and older persons.
http://www.tcsg.org/tobacco.htm

Tobacco Advertising and Document Collections
Growing set of resources presenting and organizing tobacco industry documents; shows what the industry says in private about youth, advertising, promotions; features a poster on the history of youth cigarette brands.
http://roswell.tobaccodocuments.org/

Tobacco Control Online
A quarterly scientific journal covering all aspects of tobacco use prevention and control.
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/

Tobacco in Australia: Facts and Issues
A complete, online, book, with all citations to the literature. Covers cigarettes, other tobacco products; statistics and trends; health effects; smoking in the workplace and public places; public policy; addiction; quitting; anti-smoking campaigns; and the tobacco industry.
http://www.quit.org.au/quit/FandI/welcome.htm

Tobacco Industry Hall of Shame
List of stars and performers killed by tobacco.
http://roswell.tobaccodocuments.org/hall_of_shame.htm

The Tobacco Reference Guide
Online book provides quotes, summaries, and factsheets about hazards of smoking.
http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/

Tobacco Web
From Australia: cigarettes, tobacco history; current trends; smoking and health, the tobacco industry -- recent revelations; secondhand smoke; young people and smoking; smoking in the workplace; tqitting smoking.
http://www.nswcc.org.au/editorial.asp?pageid=369

TobaccoFree
Offers smoking cessation tips, research results, and tips for staying smoke free.
http://www.tobaccofree.org/

WHO: The Tobacco Atlas
History of tobacco, types of use, male and female smoking, youth, cigarette consumption, health effects, secondhand smoke, deaths, costs; the trade, the industry, smuggling, tobacco promotion and marketing, Internet sales, politics; activism, research, tobacco control, policy initiatives; quitting, litigation, pricing, and futures.
http://www.who.int/tobacco/statistics/tobacco_atlas/en/

WHO Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI)
A WHO cabinet project created to focus international attention, resources and action on global tobacco use and problems caused by that use.
http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/

WhyQuit - Cold Turkey Quitting
A support group and education forum dedicated exclusively to the science and art of successful abrupt nicotine cessation.
http://whyquit.com/

"Crack" Nicotine in Cigarettes Varies Widely
New research measures amount of free-base nicotine in "the modern cigarette, a highly engineered nicotine delivery device". <small>(July 28, 2003)</small>
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993990

OncoLink: The Control and Manipulation of Nicotine and Cigarettes
1994 news article. Kessler report on how the tobacco industry controls and manipulates nicotine in its product. <small>(June 21, 1994)</small>
http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/gvo31a00

ABC DayOne: Smoke Screen
Now-famous segment on nicotine manipulation in cigarettes. <small>(February 28, 1994)</small>
http://www.mcspotlight.org/beyond/abctranscript.html