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Smoking
- Australia
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 Quit
Now - The National Tobacco Campain- An
Australian federal, state and territory health initiative. Contains
useful information sheets about smoking, lung cancer, stroke and heart
disease.
- Australian
Council on Smoking and Health - ACOSH
- A coalition of medical, educational
and community organisations concerned with the health consequences
of smoking. Contains links to a range of other sites in Australian
and internationally.
- OxyGen
- "OxyGen website is dedicated
to informing young people about tobacco and its use in Australia..OxyGen
is animated and features many informative fact sheets to help with
assignments, links, e-cards, latest news items and cool interactive
games."The website is also a portal for educators to access a
large range of tobacco education resources and support materials that
aim to reduce the prevalence of youth smoking. Links and contact details
of state organisations are listed as further sources of information."
- Quit
Victoria
- This site contains general
information and resources on contemporary smoking and tobacco-related
issues in Australia as well as an online version of the book "Tobacco
in Australia: facts and issues"
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- South
Australian Quit Campaign
- A local site containing information on smoking and health issues
including nicotine replacement therapy and passive smoking.
International
- Economics
of Tobacco Control
- A website produced by the World Bank Group providing information,
analyses and data on tobacco use around the world and policies in
force to reduce it. It includes a database of country-specific data
on smoking prevalence rates, morbidity rates, health expenditure on
smoking-related illnesses and tobacco tax structures. The World Bank
report (1999) titled: "Curbing the Epidemic: Governments and
the Economics of Tobacco Control" can also be accessed from this
site.
- Tobacco
Free Initiative (WHO)
- This international site contains information on tobacco control,
legislation, passive smoking and tobacco dependence.
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