Web Directory

» Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
   Nation's oldest and leading antismoking organization takes legal action and provides information about the problems and costs of smoking. Protects the rights of nonsmokers.
   http://www.ash.org/

» Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
   Works in favor of smokefree policies. Advocacy programs, local ordinances, news, effects of secondhand smoke, and critiques of tobacco industry actions.
   http://www.no-smoke.org/

» BBC: Ban on smoking in public
   MPs will chose between three options to banning smoking in enclosed public spaces.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4711544.stm

» BBC: Campaigners welcome smoking ban
   A Government decision paves the way for a ban in England's pubs, clubs and restaurants.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4714992.stm

» BBC: England smoke ban to start 1 July
   A smoking ban in enclosed public places is to come into force in England in 2007.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6196910.stm

» BBC: Smoking ban in all pubs and clubs
   MPs vote to end smoking in many types of public venue in England, with the ban expected to start in 2007.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4709258.stm

» Campaign for Nonsmokers' Rights
   Supports a campaign for tobacco to be made an illegal drug, and for legal penalties for its cultivation, processing, trade, or consumption.
   http://www.passivesmoking.org/

» Federal Preemption Now a Barrier to Local Tobacco Ordinances
   Short report from the Health Law and Policy Institute on case law affecting state regulation of tobacco promotion.
   http://www.law.uh.edu/healthlaw/perspectives/PublicHealth/010817Federal.html

» 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 smoke
   http://www.nsma.org.au/

» 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.
   http://www.tobaccocontrol.neu.edu/castpage.htm

» Protect Local Control
   Working to allow localities - not states or nations - to write their own ordinances about smoking in public places.
   http://www.protectlocalcontrol.org/

» Smoking curbs: The global picture
   BBC News traces the recent wave of smoking bans around the world as governments try to stub out the habit.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3758707.stm

» Technical Assistance Legal Center
   TALC provides assistance to California cities and counties developing local laws to restrict tobacco advertising and youth access to tobacco products in their communities. Recommendations on ad restrictions that are legal; information on what the state se
   http://www.phi.org/talc/

» The Case for Banning Advertising and Promotion of Tobacco
   Short factsheet lists the different kinds of promotion the tobacco industry does, and the returns it gets on each kind.
   http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/fact_sheets/01fact.htm

» Toxic-Tobacco Law
   Describes the proposed Toxic-Tobacco Law, how it differs from Prohibition, what it will accomplish, and how supporters can help get the Law passed.
   http://www.toxic-tobaccolaw.org/