Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke
- National Cancer InstituteAn excellent technical report, Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke: The Report of the California Environmental Protection Agency. Downloading the whole report will require a great deal of time. The "Executive Summary," however, is very useful and manageable.
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Tobacco Information and Tobacco Source Surgeon General's reports (SGRs), including the section of SGR 2000 on Clean Indoor Air Regulations; "Clean Indoor Air Regulations Fact Sheet"; new citations of articles on smoking and health; links to tobacco industry documents; media campaign resource center; and searching information. A very useful site for consumer and technical information.
- World Health Organization (WHO) Tobacco Free Initiative Click on "Secondhand Smoke." An excellent series of technical background papers on the effects of secondhand smoke on child health, tobacco interference in secondhand smoke research, and other topics. They are lengthy and require time to download and print.
- Federal Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Tobacco Smoke Home PageGateway to the EPA's Smoke Free Home materials, some available in Spanish and English; links to other information on secondhand smoke and children, asthma and other indoor air pollutants. Provides a search engine for EPA publications.
- 9th Report on Carcinogens Prepared by the National Toxicology Program, this list includes Group A (known human) and Group B (reasonably anticipated to be) human carcinogens. It includes both environmental tobacco smoke and several of the compounds found in it. Citing this source may be useful because of the pall cast on the EPA report that classified smoke as a Group A carcinogen.
- National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental ChemicalsThis report provides an ongoing assessment of the U.S. population’s exposure to environmental chemicals by measuring them or their metabolites in human specimens, such as blood or urine. It shows that exposure to secondhand smoke has been drastically reduced in the past decade.
Making Your Workplace Smokefree: A Decision Maker’s Guide A step-by-step guide on implementing a smoke-free policy. Although it is a bit long, it is comprehensive. - Cigarette AdditivesAlthough most of the toxins in secondhand smoke are products of the combustion of tobacco, this list is included because any additives affect the composition of secondhand smoke.
- Repace and Associates Fact sheets on secondhand smoke, secondhand smoke and cardiovascular disease, restaurants laws, and lessons from California prepared by James Repace, who has published 50 scientific papers on ETS.
- American Cancer Society Tobacco SiteType in "secondhand smoke" in the search box and you will have access to a large selection of literature, ranging from smoke-free college policies to "Clean Air for Every Worker" to radon and secondhand smoke.
- American Lung AssociationType in "secondhand smoke" in the search box, and you will have access to over 2500 articles on the subject. Type your zip code into the local search box and you will connect with the web site of the American Lung Association of Minnesota.
- "Can Ventilation Control Secondhand Smoke in the Hospitality Industry?"Analysis by James Repace of Proceedings of the Workshop on Ventilation Engineering Controls for Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Hospitality Industry. It concludes that one cannot protect patrons or workers from secondhand smoke in hospitality venues without "massively impractical increases in ventilation." Although this report is fairly technical, it provides sound arguments against the hospitality industry's attempts to establish ventilation as a practical substitute for ordinances. Provides links to other reports on tobacco control in California.
- Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (Ventilation)Entry point for useful articles on ventilation and other clean indoor air topics. Click on "Secondhand Smoke."
State Tobacco Control SitesReturn to top - State of California Tobacco Control SectionReports, including "A Model for Change: The California Experience in Tobacco," a study of California's comprehensive program; press releases, for example, "Support for Smoke-Free Bars Grows Stronger in California"; and the "Response of Californians to Environmental Tobacco Smoke," a summary of changing opinions of Californians.
- Oregon Health Division's Tobacco Prevention and Education Information Central: Secondhand SmokeClick on "The Science," "Studies", and "Secondhand smoke" to gain access to abstracts to key articles on topics such as studies on ischemic heart disease and secondhand smoke and to some other publications. Click on "The Secrets," and you can link to excerpts from important tobacco documents and to the documents themselves. These show, for example, how the tobacco industry has fought to prevent passage of clean indoor air.
- Canadian Health NetworkClick on "Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace" for access to several articles on this topic.
Keeping Up to DateReturn to top - Tobacco BBSAbstracts of articles from newspapers and journals around the nation and abroad with links to the originals. A convenient format allows you to subscribe to daily e-mails on select items of interest, for example, smoke-free policies, secondhand smoke, and lawsuits.
- Search CDC Web siteHere you can search for a variety of tobacco control topics and find everything from technical reports to consumer information and health promotion materials.
- PubMedThe National Library of Medicine's search service. Provides access to over 11 million citations in a database in which medical and certain other scientific journals are indexed. For example, you can get the citations for 11 articles by Stan Glantz on secondhand smoke by entering the following phrase in the search box: "environmental tobacco smoke AND Glantz SA." From the citation, you can access abstracts for most articles. Sometimes the abstract will link you to the web site of the journal in which the article was published. Although a few journal articles are free, there is often a charge for them.
- State of Minnesota Web site Search Allows you to search by keyword for all the relevant information for the State of Minnesota. It will help you find the chapter number of a statute, for example, or information on the tobacco endowments.
Nonsmokers' Rights and Other Advocacy Groups - Association for Nonsmokers-Minnesota (ANSR)Information on workplace smoking policies, secondhand smoke in apartments, teens and tobacco, and the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, and links to other sites. It also features the only statewide directory of smoke-free restaurants and allows users to submit names of those not on the list
- Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR)The web site of ANR, a national group, is a very useful advocacy tool, providing, for example , "Economic Impact of Smoke-free Ordinances: What Restaurateurs and the Tobacco Industry Have to Say."
- Minnesota Smoke Free CoalitionClick on "Secondhand Smoke" to gain access to health information and clean indoor air initiatives, especially in Minnesota. An invaluable site for Minnesota tobacco control.
- TobaccoScamA site established by tobacco activist and academic Stan Glantz, this site shows how Big Tobacco uses and abuses the hospitality industry.
Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act and Other Minnesota Statutes - Minnesota "Smokers’ Rights Act" "Smokers' Rights Act" (Sections 181.938), which prohibits discrimination against smokers in many circumstances.
- Smoking in Hotels, Motels, and Similar EstablishmentsThe statute that governs smoking in nonsmoking rooms in hotels, motels, and similar places.
- Smoking in Minnesota State Government BuildingsThe statute prohibiting smoking in state buildings.
- Fact Sheets on the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act (MCIAA) and Copies of the Statute and RulesText of statute and rules as well as Minnesota Department of Health fact sheets on meeting the requirements of the MCIAA. They cover the minimal requirements for public schools, rental apartment buildings, office buildings and industrial workplaces, restaurants and bars, and leased office buildings.
- ForceS (Fight Ordinances and Restrictions to Control and Eliminate Smoking) InternationalThis is an organization standing "against junk science and misinformation on tobacco, against the industry of hysteria and health scares, against state intrusion in business and lifestyle" and for "defending the taxpaying consumer's rights." It offers insight into how those opposed to tobacco control think.
- Minnesota ForceSThis site has information specific to Minnesota (criticisms of MPAAT, for example). Check it out for the latest tirades against tobacco control projects, including restaurant ordinances.
- Hospitality Minnesota Hospitality Minnesota is a trade association serving operators and suppliers of Minnesota's restaurants, hotels, motels, resorts, campgrounds, and B&Bs. Check "Issue Briefs" for the association's position on smoke-free restaurant ordinances.
Article databases
Use the databases under Health and Wellness Management, such as:
Health and Wellness Resource Center,
Health Education Assets Library,
Health Reference Center Academic and
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Internet resources
The Foundation for a Smokefree America http://www.anti-smoking.org/
Tobacco.org http://www.tobacco.org/
American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=33484
American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/SPC/spc_0.1.asp
Giving Up Smoking http://www.givingupsmoking.co.uk/
Local Smoking Cessation Resources
Student Health Center at Auraria http://www.mscd.edu/student/resources/health/advocates/Tobacco.htm
Colorado QuitLine http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/pp/tobacco/quitline.asp
Take a quiz to learn about the reasons you smoke
Familydoctor.org http://familydoctor.org/296.xml
Online guide to quitting http://www.smokefree.gov/guide/nicotine_addiction.asp
Get some help in deciding if you want to quit
Smoking: steps to help you break the habit http://familydoctor.org/618.xml
Benefits of quitting http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=33568
Online guide to quitting http://www.smokefree.gov/quit-smoking/reasons_for_quitting.html
Get some ideas about what to do when you decide to quit
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco
http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/tobacco/quit_smoking.html
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_10_13x_quitting_smoking.asp?sitearea=ped
http://familydoctor.org/161.xml
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stop-smoking-products/HA00065
Special concerns for women who smoke
http://www.4woman.gov/quitsmoking/
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=33573
http://www.cdc.gov/women/az/smoking.htm
http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_notes/NNvol19N4/Smoking.html
How to help a smoker quit
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_3x_Help_Someone_Quit.asp?sitearea=PED
OTHERS SOURCES
US Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health
Directed toward teens; describes facts about teens and tobacco use and provides links to additional information on quitting smoking for youth.
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
American Cancer Society
Includes information on tobacco use among middle and high school students and a special section on clove cigarettes and bidis.
Women's Health: Smoking and Tobacco
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
Information on smoking prevalence in women, special health risks for women, and smoking cessation.
How Can I Quit Smoking?
Nemours Foundation
Part of a health education website for teens, this section offers tobacco cessation advices aimed at teens.
Information About Smoking: A Guide for Teens
Center for Young Women's Health, Children's Hospital, Boston
Information on smoking prevalence in women, special health risks for women, and smoking cessation.
I Quit! What to Do When You're Sick of Smoking, Chewing, or Dipping
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A printable booklet targeting a teen audience.
Kick Butts Day
National Center for Tobacco Free Kids
Subtitled Stand up. Speak Up. Seize Control. The annual celebration of youth leadership and activism among kids against tobacco.
The Truth About Tobacco
The Foundation for a Smokefree America
Patrick Reynolds, the grandson of R.J. Reynolds (founder of the second-largest tobacco company), gives an anti-smoking talk.
Not-On-Tobacco
American Lung Association
A smoking cessation program for teens. Recently, N-O-T was recognized by the National Registry of Effective Programs, and SAMSHA is currently processing it as a Model Program.
Smoking Is Ugly
Christy Turlington and Brink Media
A resource for anyone who wants to quit smoking, learn about lung cancer, and educate themselves and others.
Tips4Youth
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A collection of a variety of resources on tobacco for youth, ranging from links to printable posters, quizzes, tip sheets, celebrity websites, video information, access to quit support information, and other cool sites.
Tobacco Reality Unfiltered
NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission
North Carolina campaign designed to reduce teen smoking. En espanol viene pronto.
Tobacco-Free Kids: Youth Action
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Subtitled Progressive Youth Advocacy Tactics to Fight Big Tobacco. A resource for those who want to take action.
You(th) and Tobacco
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What teens and parents should know about tobacco.
For Health Professionals:
How to Fight Teen Smoking
American Cancer Society
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