Policy

Special Issues

• Activism
• Women and Tobacco
• Litigation

Activism

The Nightingales

A group of nurse activists who work to focus public attention on the behavior of the tobacco industry and its contribution to the preventable epidemic of tobacco-caused disease and death.

Altria Means Tobacco

In January of 2003, Philip Morris Companies officially changed its name to the Altria Group, Inc., claiming that the change was to clarify the relationships between the parent corporation and the operating companies. This website details other reasons for this change: to hide the “taint” of tobacco.

Framework Convention Alliance

The Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) is a heterogeneous alliance of non-governmental organizations from around the world who are working jointly and separately to support the development, signing, and ratification of an effective Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and related protocols.

INFACT

A website aimed at stopping the marketing of tobacco products.

ASH

A web site maintained by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), a national organization devoted solely to the problems of smoking and to protecting nonsmokers' rights.

ANR 

American's for Non-smoker's Rights and the ANR Foundation.

Tobacco Activism Guide

Three part bibliography of sites focusing on tobacco activism.

The Truth Campaign

Anti-smoking site devoted to teen-aged activists.

Children and Tobacco  

American Legacy Foundation

The American Legacy Foundation is dedicated to building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit.

Educating Retailers to Reduce Cigarette Sales to Minors

Prior to an intervention in San Diego County, CA, 68% of the stores tested illegally sold cigarettes to minors. After 3 educational meetings with retailers, 32% sold cigarettes to minors and these results were maintained 6 months after the intervention. (Wildey et al, 1995, Public Health Reports, 110, 625-9)

"It's the Law" Programs Ineffective

The Tobacco Institute, Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company each sponsor programs with the stated purpose of encouraging merchants to comply with laws prohibiting sale of tobacco to minors. Techniques include providing educational materials and window stickers to retailers. In a recent test of merchants, those participating in an "It's the Law" program did not have a reduction in illegal sales to underage youth. (DiFranza et al, 1992, AJPH, 82, 1271-3)

"Stop the Sale, Prevent the Addiction"

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed materials to assist you in starting local campaigns to limit access or educate retailers about sales to minors. Kits including a video, youth access guide, and media resource packet are available from state health departments. Fact sheets are available from the CDC at 800-CDC-1311, choose "youth access information".

Tobacco Free Kids

National Center for Tobacco Free Kids is a national organization aimed at protecting children from tobacco abuse. On their website, there is a section with current news regarding tobacco policy and legislation as it relates to children - visit the TobaccoFreeKids website.

Women and Tobacco

4women.gov

The national women's health information center, with a special section on helping women quit smoking.

American Legacy Foundation® Announces Circle of Friends Grants

The American Legacy Foundation® has announced $570,000 in awards to 13 organizations across the country to support tobacco education, cessation, and prevention efforts involving women. Read more...

Litigation

Tobacco Week

Tobacco Week is a website that provides the latest information from the war on tobacco, providing both general and litigation specific tobacco information. It also includes information on settlements and a form for smokers that want to register to quit with settlement funds.

Tobacco Industry Documents

Containing over 7 million findings on advertising, marketing, sales, and scientific research on tobacco products, this site offers a variety of tobacco related documents.

The Tobacco Control Resource Center (TCRC), founded in 1979 by doctors, academics, and attorneys, serves as an umbrella organization that implements tobacco control projects. These projects are funded through grants from institutions such as the National Cancer Institute, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the American Legacy Foundation and other key organizations. Through these grants, TCRC is able to work with tobacco control professionals to combat the appalling strategies used by the tobacco industry to debilitate public health.