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June 22, 2011 - Come and explore our new website! We want to make it as easy for you to navigate and find the information you want, when you need it most. Tell us what you think »

June 22, 2011 - Long Island is getting ready for a new campaign focusing on Tobacco Free Pharmacies. TAC is working with state partners to end the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies. Learn more »

Related Links

Tobacco Facts, News and Education Tools

www.cdc.gov/tobacco - Centers for Disease Control. Tobacco information and prevention source. Free publications, research data, surgeon general's report, quit guides and more.

www.no-smoke.org- American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation. Secondhand smoke information, advocacy, smokefree ordinances, ads and youth information.

www.tobaccofreekids.org- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Special reports, statistics, fact sheets, Federal, State & Global initiatives and Kick Butts Day.

www.ash.org – Action on Smoking and Health. Information on secondhand smoke, condos and apartments, custody issues and smoking and lawsuits.

www.notobacco.org - Educational videos, assembly programs, news for teen smoking prevention.

www.americanlegacy.org - American Legacy Foundation. Information to arm young people with knowledge to reject tobacco and eliminate disparities in access to tobacco prevention and cessation services.

www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/tobacco – National Cancer Institute. Tobacco information, quitting, prevention, research, statistics and literature.

www.epa.gov/smokefree – US Environmental Protection Agency. Information on secondhand smoke and children.

www.tobacco.org - Tobacco related news delivered daily.

www.tobaccopreventionnetworks.org - National Networks for Tobacco Control and Prevention addressing tobacco-related disparities.

www.nstep.org - National Spit Tobacco Education Program.

www.inwat.org - International Network of Women Against Tobacco.

www.ttac.org - Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium. Provides technical assistance, information resources, and training for state and local tobacco control programs.

www.tarwars.org - American Academy of Family Physicians. Tobacco education program for kids.

Tobacco Cessation

www.nysmokefree.org – New York State Smokers' Quitsite. Free stop smoking kits for adults and teens.

www.trytostop.org - Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health. Personalized planning tools to quit smoking or help someone else quit.

www.quitnet.org – Counselors, medication discounts, support and more. Fee for premium membership.

www.smokefree.gov - Step by step help in quitting smoking including live chat service and an on-line quit guide.

www.lungusa.org – American Lung Association. Freedom from Smoking 7 session on-line cessation program.

www.whyquit.com – Motivation, education and support for quitting.

www.quitsmokeless.org – Site designed to help smokeless tobacco users quit.

www.chewfree.com - Oregon Research Institute. Funded by NCI, this randomized clinical trial is recruiting 2,400 smokeless tobacco users who are interested in quitting through one of two website programs.

www.nicotine-anonymous.org - Nicotine Anonymous. 12 Step Fellowship of men and women helping each other live nicotine-free lives.

Teen Sites

www.dropthebutts.org– Tobacco Action Coalition of Long Islandteen smoking cessation site.

www.thetruth.com– The Truth Campaign. Enter the "crazyworld" to get facts on tobacco.

www.realitycheckny.org - Reality Check. New York State Department of Health youth program.

www.suffolkyph.com- Suffolk Youth Partnership for Health. Smoking information, games, resources and locations for SYPH activities.

www.badvertising.org - Website that features counteradvertising of tobacco.

Kids Sites

www.dogbreath.org - Suffolk County Department of Health Services. Facts about tobacco, games, quizzes and other fun things for kids.

www.gorat.com - Reject All Tobacco. Fun site for kids to learn about tobacco facts.

www.champss.org - Children Helping and Motivating Parents to Stop Smoking. Tips for kids and their parents on how to quit smoking. Includes games, e-cards, motivational information.

Tobacco Industry & Litigation Information

www.globalink.org– UICC Globalink. International information and free tools, lists, list-servers, web-hosting, petitions, etc. for tobacco control and research.

www.Infact.org– Infact. A membership organization that wages campaigns against corporations such as the tobacco industry.

www.stic.neu.edu - State Tobacco Information Center. Archives of tobacco litigation documents.

www.tcsg.org - Smoke Free Environments Law Project. Information for businesses and individuals on legal and liability issues related to tobacco.

www.NoThanksBigTobacco.org – Tobacco Action Coalition of LI. Information on tobacco industry advertising, sponsorship and promotion.

College Programs

www.tobaccofreeu.org - Information on setting up a tobacco free campus.