Smoking Cessation Links for Health Care Providers and Policymakers
American Lung Association
American Cancer Society
Arizona Tobacco Education and Prevention Program (TEPP)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
National Cancer Institute
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Surgeon General's Tobacco Cessation
Guideline Tobacco BBS
Treatobacco.net
The Center for Social
Gerontology
2307
Shelby Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 tel: 734 665-1126 fax: 734
665-2071
tcsg@tcsg.org
The Tobacco Education and Prevention Program (TEPP) has the goal of preventing tobacco
use among Arizonans, especially children. They believe that anyone who wishes to quit
using tobacco should have access to affordable, state-of-the-art cessation services
and all Arizonans should also be protected from environmental tobacco. Information
about their media campaign and local projects are available on their website.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration)
is the federal agency that administers
Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). As of August 2001,
the HCFA website had not been updated to reflect the name change. Of particular
interest is the
healthy aging portion of the website which was designed to
share information
about Medicare's evidence-based efforts to promote health and prevent disease in the
senior population. The site serves as a distribution point for evidence reports on
healthy aging, and provides descriptions of demonstration projects.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
was established as a national philanthropy in 1972 and today it is the largest
US foundation devoted to improving the health and health care of all Americans.
One area in which they concentrate grantmaking is the promotion of health
and prevention of disease by reducing the harm caused by substance abuse including
tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs.
The site contains information for individuals who want to quit such as tips for getting
ready to quit and making it through the first week, frequently asked questions,
and myths about cessation. Health care professionals can find the 2000 Clinical
Practice Guidelines, facts about smoking, and posters.
This site provides daily news updates
of events and publications around the United States and throughout the world
with regards to tobacco, including smoking cessation.
Treatobacco.net is a source of evidence-based data and practical support for
the treatment of tobacco dependence. It is aimed at physicians, nurses, pharmacists,
dentists, psychologists, researchers, policy makers, regulators and anyone interested
in the personal and public health issues connected with tobacco use around the world.
All the information in Treatobacco.net is collected and reviewed by a panel of
international experts, and is constantly updated to include the latest research.
Treatobacco.net is produced and maintained by the Society for Research on Nicotine
and Tobacco, in association with the World Bank, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, the World Health Organization, the Cochrane Group and a panel of
international experts.