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International Week of Resistance 2000 - International Week of Resistance to Tobacco Transnationals focuses on worldwide resistance to global tobacco companies.

Jeffrey Wigand, Ph.D. - Website from the subject of the movie, describing why he became a whistleblower.

Join Together Online: Substance Abuse - Join Together is a national resource center for communities working to reduce substance abuse and gun violence. "Tobacco is the most common substance abuse problem, and the most lethal. Tobacco causes 400,000 deaths each year, killing more people than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, suicides, and fires combined."

Join Together Online: daily news summaries on tobacco stories - Join Together Online tobaco articles. News summaries every day on smoking, tobacco, and the tobacco industry.

Let's Ban Smoking in All Workplaces - Advocates for smokefree workplaces and public places.

Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board - Committed to the prevention of addiction to tobacco.

MASCOT: Multicultural Advocates for Social Change on Tobacco - Statistics, factsheets, and discussion on tobacco policy, smokefree workplaces, retailers selling to youth, industry quotes on nicotine and addiction, medical costs due to smoking, and more.

Making it UNCOOL - Article by Robert Worth in The Washington Monthly. He thinks we should make fun of tobacco products.

Mobilizing the Gay and Lesbian Community Against Tobacco - Short item on community-based organization against tobacco promotion.

NJ Breathes - Information and advocacy for tobacco education, smokefree air, and coverage of cessation, in New Jersey.

NO PATSY Homepage - National Organization of People Attacking Tobacco Sales to Youth - Canada's Tobacco Activist Headquarters - Top stories from NO PATSY - Canadian coverage of tobacco wars, the battles, the lawsuits, the government actions.

National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health (NCTH) - Information and networking services for tobacco use prevention and reduction programs, projects, resources, and advocacy in Canada.

National Coalition FOR Women AGAINST Tobacco - Aims to help recognize the dangers of tobacco use and exposure, and take a leadership role in helping the global community of women and girls lead tobacco-free lives.

Non Smokers' Movement of Australia - Fighting the tobacco industry, tobacco advertising, smoking in public places and "all out-of-touch politicians who support this bogus industry". Newsletter with timely updates; publications and factsheets on tobacco history, industry strategies, and smokefree environments.

Non-Smokers' Rights Association / Smoking and Health Action Foundation (Canada) - NSRA and SHAF have been at the forefront of tobacco control efforts in Canada and around the world for the past quarter-century.

Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco - Founded in 1992 to support the Ontario Tobacco Control Act to reduce tobacco sales to minors, eliminate tobacco sales from drug stores and vending machines, and make more public places smoke-free. Since then, has worked for smoke-free workplace and public place by-laws, has done research on the costs of smoking and the impacts of second-hand smoke, and assisted health agencies in developing and implementing tobacco control policies.

PIRG: Smokefree Environment Campaign - Public Interest Research Group, a consumer organization, finds that Big Tobacco does a lot that affects the public interest.

Partnerships Between Attorneys and Public Health Professionals to Support Local Tobacco Control Efforts - Historically, the greatest deterrents to local tobacco control efforts have been 1) lack of policy guidance; and 2) tobacco industry legal intimidation. This paper outlines an approach that deals with both problems.

Philip Morris Info Sheet - From a Stanford University student organization responding to Philip Morris recruiting on campus.

Philip Morris Seeks Community Validation - The Society for Public Health issues a warning that tobacco giant Philip Morris is approaching community groups to tout the company's "partnerships" with community and youth organizations; offers help in countering these visits and dispelling the notion that Philip Morris is reformed and civic minded.

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