An organization or organisation (read more about -ize vs -ise) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. The word itself is derived from the Greek word ὄργανον (organon) meaning tool. The term is used in both daily and scientific English in multiple ways.
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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH UK) - Pressure group and registered UK charity, lobbying for a comprehensive national programme to tackle the epidemic of tobacco-related diseases. Excellent collection of links and resources. Focus on Europe
Meta Description: [ Action on Smoking and Health (ASH-UK): ASH supports the UK campaign for clear, effective legislation to reduce and eventually eliminate the carnage caused by tobacco. ]
American Cancer Society: Tobacco and Cancer - Information about the harmful effects of tobacco, quitting tips, smoking legislation, and risks for children and teens.
Meta Description: [ Smoking is the most preventable cause of death in our society. Learn about the health
issues, get quitting tips, and find out about recent legislation. ]
American College of Chest Physicians - It's the chest physician, the cardiac specialist, or the oncologist, that breaks the prognosis to the family. This website goes to the response of the medical community to preventable disease and death.
American Heart Association - AHA has a lot of resources on tobacco, cigarettes, smoking, and spit tobacco.
Meta Description: [ Cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States. Smokers' risk of heart attack is more than twice that of nonsmokers. ]
American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago - Mission is to reduce the pain and suffering caused by lung disease.
Meta Description: [ The mission of the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago is to promote healthy lungs and fight lung disease through research, advocacy, and education. ]
American Medical Women's Association - Organization of over 10,000 women physicians and medical students dedicated to the care of the woman patient; letter of support for US federal lawsuit against the tobacco companies.
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American Public Health Association - Statement on tobacco control and combating the tobacco industry, paper on the same topics.
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Domini Social Investments: Tobacco - Investment firm describes why it will not invest in any companies deriving identifiable revenues from the manufacture of tobacco products.
Meta Description: [
Tobacco is a product thateven when used in moderationis addictive and harmful to the health. Therefore, we will not invest in any companies deriving identifiable revenues from the manufacture of tobacco products...
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Georgia Alliance for Tobacco Prevention - Committed to creating a healthier tomorrow where fewer children become addicted to tobacco, fewer people are exposed to secondhand smoke, and tobacco users can find the help they need to quit and remain tobacco-free.
Meta Description: [ gatobaccoprevention.org ]
International Union Against Cancer - Cigarette smoking is the greatest avoidable cause of disease and death in the world. This program aims to change attitudes to tobacco use in society and to promote a comprehensive strategy to eradicate tobacco production, sales, promotion, and use. Conferences, tobacco control factsheets, publications, news.
Meta Description: [ UICC is the leading international non-governmental organization dedicated exclusively to the global control of cancer ]
Koop Institute - The C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth has projects on tobacco, nicotine, addiction, public health.
Meta Description: [ Dartmouth Medical School :: 21st Annual Neuroscience Day at Dartmouth :: Home ]
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Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board - Tobacco news, tobacco control efforts of the organization.
National Network on Tobacco Prevention and Poverty - Mission is to identify resources and advocate for the elimination of tobacco use among the poor.
Meta Description: [ Our mission is to identify resources and advocate for the elimination of tobacco use among populations of low socioeconomic status. ]
Ontario Medical Association: Tobacco Issues - Papers on secondhand smoke, tobacco industry, stop-smoking medications, smokefree workplaces, cigarette package labelling.
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Research for International Tobacco Control - Mission is to create a strong research, funding and knowledge base for the development of effective tobacco control policies and programs that will minimize the threat of tobacco production and consumption to health and human development in developing countries.
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Tobacco research and intervention.
SAVE: Empowering Survivors of Tobacco Sickness - Trains survivors of tobacco-related illness to speak with children and teens in schools and community groups about smoking and the effects of tobacco products.
smokefreeVCU.org - Smokefree organization at Virginia Commonwealth University; site features smokefree stories, quit help, posters on smoking and quitting, behavioral strategies for success in beating nicotine.
Meta Description: [ Fireworks Splice HTML ]
Survivors and Victims Empowerment Project - The Survivors and Victims Empowerment program identifies, trains and works with tobacco survivors and acts as a resource for groups in North Carolina. Youth listen and learn when a survivor of a tobacco-related illnes shares their story.
Meta Description: [ The Survivors and Victims Empowerment project identifies and trains tobacco survivors and acts as a resource for groups both in North Carolina and worldwide. Youth listen and learn when survivors of tobacco-related illness share their stories. ]
Tackling Tobacco - Programs and information for students, teachers, and health care professionals about tobacco, from Texas AM.
Meta Description: [ Tackling Tobacco: by the Texas A&M University Health Science Center ]
The American Legacy Foundation - Promoting tobacco-free generations; vision is to become the preeminent authority in tobacco prevention by funding cutting edge research, marketing and education programs that tell the truth about tobacco use.
The Cancer Council of New South Wales: The Tobacco Web - Fact sheets on the history of smoking, secondhand smoke, young people, women, quitting, cancer, and other health issues.
Meta Description: [ Smoking and tobacco related issues, fact sheets, resources, smoke free places, Going Smoke Free policy guidelines and the law. ]
The Heart Foundation Queensland: Tobacco Control - Information on smokefree lifestyles, smoking versus other causes of death, effects of secondhand smoke on the heart, and holding the tobacco industry accountable.
Meta Description: [ The Heart Foundation is an Australian charity that provides heart health information to health professionals and the general public of Australia. ]
The Tobacco Web - The Cancer Council NSW - Covers the history of smoking, smoking in Australia, smoking and cancer, secondhand smoke, women and smoking, the tobacco industry, smoking and the environment.
Meta Description: [ Information fact sheets on history of smoking, smoking in Australia statistics, tobacco industry, health effects of smoking, ETS, law, women smoking etc. ]
Tobacco Control Resource Centre - Working with medical associations across Europe to educate doctors, help patients, and inform public policy on tobacco.
Meta Description: [ Promotes tobacco control by working mainly with national medical associations in Europe. Encourages doctors to stop smoking and provides information to enable doctors to help their patients quit. Hosted by GLOBALink, the International Tobacco Control Community ]
Tobacco Dependence Program - Dedicated to reducing the harm to health caused by tobacco, through education, treatment, research and advocacy; a program of the New Jersey School of Medicine and Dentistry. Cessation guidelines for individuals and clinicians; tobacco-free policies; chemical dependency and nicotine; consultation and training services.
Tobacco Free Initiative - World Health Organization provides information on tobacco's health impact, secondhand smoke, economics, youth, industry conduct, women and tobacco, and advocacy for tobacco policy change.
Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium - TTAC builds capacity to achieve effective tobacco prevention and control programs and policies, by providing information and technical assistance.
Tobacco use in British Columbia - Heart Stroke Foundation of Canada. Summary of the number one preventable cause of death in British Columbia, killing more than 5,800 people and costing the provincial government hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
Meta Description: [ Tobacco Control Program Web Site ]
tobaccofreedom.org - Education, news, research, and analysis.
Meta Description: [ TobaccoFreedom is a leading policy forum providing lastest scientific
and medical opinion, social commentary, and policy research regarding tobacco, smoking and tobacco-related
issues for educators, representatives, business leaders, students and interested individuals worldwide. ]
Trans-Atlantic Conference on Tobacco - Sponsored by the Koop Institute, a group of health care professionals at Cambridge University and at Dartmouth Medical Center met to discuss tobacco policy, research, and prevention/treatment strategies.
Meta Description: [ Dartmouth Medical School :: 21st Annual Neuroscience Day at Dartmouth :: Trans-Atlantic Conference on Tobacco ]
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control - Conducts research and undertakes policy development work designed to advance tobacco control efforts in Australia and internationally. This site provides information about the centre and its research programs as well as links to important repositories of knowledge on tobacco control both in Australia and Internationally. It is designed for use by researchers, potential researchers, policy makers and advocates.
Meta Description: [ The VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control conducts research and undertakes policy development work designed to advance tobacco control efforts in Australia and internationally. This site provides information about the centre and its research programs as well as links to important repositories of k... ]
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