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Cost-effectiveness of Smoking Cessation - "Several analyses have shown that treatment of tobacco dependence is highly cost-effective...Smoking cessation treatment has been dubbed the 'gold standard' of preventive interventions."

Curbing the Epidemic - Complete online book. "About 500 million people alive today will eventually be killed by tobacco use". Global Trends in Tobacco Use; The Health Consequences of Smoking; Do Smokers Know Their Risks and Bear Their Costs? Measures to Reduce the Demand for Tobacco; Measure to Reduce the Supply of Tobacco; The Costs and Consequences of Tobacco Control; An Agenda for Action.

Death and Tobacco Taxes - Health and economic analysis concludes that a 10% increase in tobacco tax would save over 5,000 lives a year.

Do Workplace Smoking Bans Reduce Smoking? - Economic research examines the effect of smokefree workplaces on tobacco product consumption.

Economics of Tobacco Control - 500 million people alive today will die of tobacco-related diseass. Modest action by governments could prevent millions and millions of deaths, without harming economies, according to this report.

Effective Antismoking Ads - Summarizes findings of recent research on effectiveness of antismoking ads.

Final Report of The Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public HealthAction on Smoking and Health (ASH) - The Koop-Kessler report, nicely HTML-ized.

Florida Tobacco Control Clearinghouse - A one-stop shop for tobacco resources/news related to control, prevention, and cessation.

Harris Poll: Tobacco Addiction - Harris poll reveals that 70% of all people still smoking have tried to quit, on average four times, and most are aware of tobacco's heath effects; poll results called a metric of the power of tobacco addiction.

Health Science Analysis Project - Series of papers that consider the public health impact of various aspects of proposed federal tobacco legislation. From SCARCNet. Papers on disclosure of tobacco industry documents, tobacco control, price increases, regulation, tobacco industry tort liability, secondhand smoke, upcoming legislation.

HoltzReport: Tobacco Control - Index of and links to tobacco control stories and research by independent journalist Andrew Holtz, former CNN Medical Correspondent and Kaiser Family Foundation Media Fellow. Includes analyses of the Truth campaign in Florida and the ballot campaign that raised the tobacco tax in Oregon. Also, links to NPR archives and other information on tobacco issues.

How The Tobacco Deal Compares To Standards - Analysis by Brion Fox and Stan Glantz of how the proposed June 20th 1997 "global settlement" deal compared with established standards.

IRRC Finds Growing Support for Tobacco Divestme - A major study released January 2000 finds that institutional investors have divested or restricted tobacco investments totaling nearly $3.0 billion from 1996 through 1998. An investor report.

Impacts on Tobacco Use and Policy - Poster session from health conference: cigar smoking among college students, engaging youth in tobacco control activities, and developing health warning messages.

International Tobacco Control Poster Session - Health conference features policy analysis, program evaluation, and presentation of innovative programs.

Investment In Tobacco Control - State by state breakdown of tobacco use among adults, among youth; deaths related to smoking; smoking attributable medicaid expenditures; lung cancer death rate; tobacco control funding; tobacco excise taxes; cigarette sales.

Investor Responsibility Research Center - Conducts research on corporate governance issues domestically and globally. Provides proxy voting services. Conducts social issues research internationally.

Jeffrey E. Harris, MIT Home page - Online copies of Dr. Harris's economic analyses, most dealing with costs and prices of tobacco products.

John R. Garrison address to the Senate - 1998 testminony of John Garrison, President of the American Lung Association, to the U.S. Senate Committee on Judiciary; outlines tobacco facts and related public policy aims and means.

Kentucky Legislators' Views on Tobacco Policy - Research into policymakers' views in a tobacco state performs a survey of 116 Kentucky legislators. Surprisingly, they were highly supportive of reducing the state's dependence on tobacco and more supportive of tobacco control policies than expected.

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