Web Directory

» "Crack" Nicotine in Cigarettes Varies Widely
   New research measures amount of free-base nicotine in "the modern cigarette, a highly engineered nicotine delivery device".
   http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3990

» 'Impact Booster': Tobacco Firm Shows How Ammonia Spurs Delivery of Nicotine
   1996 Pulitzer prize-winning reporting on how the tobacco industry uses ammonia to engineer cigarettes for addiction.
   http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/5891

» A Collection of Articles on Nicotine Addiction
   Articles about research studies funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
   http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NN0031.html

» ABC DayOne: Smoke Screen
   Now-famous segment on nicotine manipulation in cigarettes.
   http://www.mcspotlight.org/beyond/abctranscript.html

» Addicted to Nicotine: A National Research Forum
   Includes presentation summaries of papers presented at the conference held in 2001 at the (US) National Institutes of Health. Topics include nicotine delivery systems, pharmacology, individual and environmental risk factors, the psychobiology of addition,
   http://www.nida.nih.gov/meetsum/nicotine/Nicotine.html

» Ammonia Added to Cigarettes Can Significantly Boost Availability of Nicotine
   Independent research confirms that ammonia added to cigarettes can boost the availability of nicotine up to 100 times.
   http://www.ndsn.org/AUGUST97/AMMONIA.html

» Cancer Facts and Figures
   Concise summary from the American Cancer Society of tobacco use, cigarettes, trends in smoking, profiling smokers, costs of tobacco, nicotine addiction, secondhand smoke, spit tobacco, and industrial hazards.
   http://www.cancer.org/docroot/stt/stt_0.asp

» Good Health -- Healthy Lifestyle
   This site is dedicated to convincing people to live a healthy lifestyle, to improve their quality of life, and avoid (or reduce the severity of) chronic disease.
   http://goodhealth.freeservers.com/

» Infofax - Cigarettes and Other Nicotine Products
   NIH short summary of nicotine effects.
   http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/tobacco.html

» Low Tar Exposed
   Site explains why "low tar", "light" and "mild" cigarettes are just as harmful as regular cigarettes.
   http://www.lowtarexposed.org/

» M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Tobacco & Cancer
   University of Texas medical center factsheets on effects of smoking and tobacco, and tips and support for quitting. One-third of M. D. Anderson patients have tobacco-related cancers.
   http://www.mdanderson.org/topics/smoking

» Nicotine Addiction
   Concise factsheet.
   http://www1.umn.edu/perio/tobacco/nicaddct.html

» Nicotine Addiction in Britain
   Includes report produced by the Royal College of Physicians. "Nicotine addiction is one of the major reasons why people continue to smoke cigarettes, and cigarettes are in reality extremely effective and closely controlled nicotine delivery devices".
   http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/nicotine/2-physical.htm

» Nicotine Junkies
   Information on kids and smoking, facts about smoking and addiction.
   http://whyfiles.org/024nicotine/

» Nicotine and Addiction
   ASH-UK factsheet on nicotine, its properties, difficulty in quitting, measures of dependence, withdrawal systems, genetic influence, and tobacco industry recognition of the its importance.
   http://newash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_114.pdf

» Nicotine and the Tobacco Industry
   Science Week article focuses on 3 decades of tobacco industry efforts to engineer cigarettes for addiction.
   http://scienceweek.com/1998/sw981113.htm

» OncoLink: The Control and Manipulation of Nicotine and Cigarettes
   1994 news article. Kessler report on how the tobacco industry controls and manipulates nicotine in its product.
   http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/gvo31a00

» Quit Victoria
   "Tobacco smoking is the single most important cause of ill health and premature death in Australia." Not just quitting information -- health questions answered; effects of cigarettes; quit evaluation studies; information in languages other than English; s
   http://www.quit.org.au/

» Reducing the Addictiveness of Cigarettes
   Can cigarettes be made less addictive? Scientific paper examines the question.
   http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/7/3/281?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=Reducing+the+addictiveness+of+cigarettes&searchid=QID_NOT_SET&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=&fdate=12/1/1997&tdate=2/

» Report of the UK Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health
   Report covers the scientific evidence on active smoking, passive smoking, nicotine addiction, price and marketing of cigarettes and other tobacco products, cessation, key conclusions.
   http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/doh/tobacco/report.htm

» Research Report: Nicotine Addiction
   Information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse about nicotine, addiction, the extent and impact of tobacco use, how nicotine delivers its effect, consequences of continued use, treatments, and gender differences.
   http://www.drugabuse.gov/researchreports/nicotine/nicotine.html

» Smoking And Tobacco Factsheets
   From the Missouri Health Department, a large set of factsheets on cigarettes, tobacco advertising, health effects, and secondhand smoke.
   http://www.dhss.mo.gov/SmokingAndTobacco/

» Smoking Is Ugly
   Created and sustained by Christy Turlington, an online resource guide, providing information and links to numerous lung cancer and smoking-cessation related websites. SmokingIsUgly.com is part of Turlington's campaign to raise awareness about the effects
   http://www.smokingisugly.com/

» TCSG - Tobacco and The Elderly
   Papers and factsheets on: tobacco and minorities, state tobacco settlement funds, tobacco and older persons.
   http://www.tcsg.org/tobacco.htm

» The Tobacco Reference Guide
   Online book provides quotes, summaries, and factsheets about hazards of smoking.
   http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/

» Tobacco Advertising and Document Collections
   Growing set of resources presenting and organizing tobacco industry documents; shows what the industry says in private about youth, advertising, promotions; features a poster on the history of youth cigarette brands.
   http://roswell.tobaccodocuments.org/

» Tobacco Control Online
   A quarterly scientific journal covering all aspects of tobacco use prevention and control.
   http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/

» Tobacco Industry Hall of Shame
   List of stars and performers killed by tobacco.
   http://roswell.tobaccodocuments.org/hall_of_shame.htm

» Tobacco in Australia: Facts and Issues
   A complete, online, book, with all citations to the literature. Covers cigarettes, other tobacco products; statistics and trends; health effects; smoking in the workplace and public places; public policy; addiction; quitting; anti-smoking campaigns; and t
   http://www.quit.org.au/quit/FandI/welcome.htm

» TobaccoFree
   Offers smoking cessation tips, research results, and tips for staying smoke free.
   http://www.tobaccofree.org/

» WHO Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI)
   A WHO cabinet project created to focus international attention, resources and action on global tobacco use and problems caused by that use.
   http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/

» WHO: The Tobacco Atlas
   History of tobacco, types of use, male and female smoking, youth, cigarette consumption, health effects, secondhand smoke, deaths, costs; the trade, the industry, smuggling, tobacco promotion and marketing, Internet sales, politics; activism, research, to
   http://www.who.int/tobacco/statistics/tobacco_atlas/en/

» WhyQuit - Cold Turkey Quitting
   A support group and education forum dedicated exclusively to the science and art of successful abrupt nicotine cessation.
   http://whyquit.com/

» eMedicine - Nicotine Addiction
   Medical facts on the physiology of nicotine addiction, and the effect tobacco products have on the brain, lungs, and other vital organs, and a treatment options section.
   http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1642.htm