Smoking (Print Version)

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Smoking

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Latest News

CDC: Smoking Declining But Not Fast Enough (11/10/2004, United Press International) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21189.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/10/2004)
Tobacco Industry Hid Smoking Dangers (11/10/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21193.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/10/2004)
NIDA Researchers Develop New Genetic Strain of Mice to Study Nicotine Addiction (11/08/2004, National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2004/nida-08.htm
Mutant Mice Help Shed Light on Tobacco Addiction (11/05/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21095.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/05/2004)
Smokers with Psychiatric Disorders Including Nicotine Dependence Consume Most U.S. Cigarettes (11/01/2004, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2004/niaaa-01.htm
More News on Smoking - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alphanews_s.html#Smoking

From the National Institutes of Health

Cigarettes and Other Nicotine Products (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofax/tobacco.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/Tobacco-Sp.html

Overviews

Questions about Smoking, Tobacco, and Health (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2x_Questions_About_Smoking_Tobacco_and_Health.asp
Smoking - The Facts (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/smokingthefactsloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/smokingthefactsspanishloader.html

Anatomy/Physiology

Your Lungs (American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b;=22551

Pictures/Diagrams

Images of Lungs (American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b;=22577

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Smoking (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D012907&recruiting;=true
ClinicalTrials.gov: Tobacco Use Disorder (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D014029&recruiting;=true

Specific Conditions

Mind Over Matter - The Brain's Response to Nicotine (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/MOM/NIC/MOMNIC1.html
Tobacco Products: Frequently Asked Questions (American Dental Association) - http://www.ada.org/public/topics/tobacco_faq.asp
Truth about "Light" Cigarettes: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_74.htm

Related Issues

Cigar Smoking and Cancer (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_10_2x_cigar_smoking_and_cancer.asp?sitearea=ped
Cigarette Smoking and Cancer: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_14.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_14s.htm
Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/factsheets/HealthEffectsofCigaretteSmoking_Factsheet.htm
Questions and Answers about Cigar Smoking and Cancer (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_65.htm
Smoking and Musculoskeletal Health (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=240&topcategory;=Wellness
Smoking and the Workplace (American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b;=23036
Smoking and Your Digestive System (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/smoking/index.htm
Smoking: How Does It Cause Wrinkles? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00644

Research

Nicotine's Multiple Effects on the Brain's Reward System Drive Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_notes/NNVol17N6/Nicotine.html
NIDA Researchers Develop New Genetic Strain of Mice to Study Nicotine Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2004/nida-08.htm
Persistent Smokers Skip Full Benefit of Angioplasty (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3224
PET Scans Show Cigarette Smoke Affects Peripheral Organs (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2003/nida-08.htm
Questions and Answers: ASSIST Evaluation (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/ASSISTQandA
Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals: Cotinine (National Center for Environmental Health) - http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/2nd/cotinine_factsheet.htm
Smokers with Psychiatric Disorders Including Nicotine Dependence Consume Most U.S. Cigarettes (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2004/niaaa-01.htm
Smoking Decreases Key Enzyme throughout Body (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_notes/NNvol19N1/Smoking.html
Smoking Fewer Cigarettes Less Helpful Than You'd Think (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Smoking_Fewer_Cigarettes_Less_Helpful_than_Youd_Think.asp
Study Shows Strong Tobacco Control Programs and Policies Can Lower Smoking Rates (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2003/nci-18.htm

Dictionaries/Glossaries

ABC's of Tobacco (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - http://tobaccofreekids.org/abc/frameset.htm

Organizations

American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/
American Lung Association - http://www.lungusa.org/
CDC's TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/

Law and Policy

State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI) (American Lung Association) - http://slati.lungusa.org/

Statistics

African Americans and Tobacco (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_1998/sgr-min-fs-afr.htm
American Indians and Alaska Natives and Tobacco (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_1998/sgr-min-fs-nat.htm
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Tobacco (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_1998/sgr-min-fs-asi.htm
Cigarette Smoking among Adults - United States, 2000 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/adults_prev/mmwr5129_highlights.htm
FASTATS: Smoking (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/smoking.htm
Healthy People 2010: Tobacco Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/html/volume2/27tobacco.htm
Hispanics and Tobacco (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_1998/sgr-min-fs-hsp.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/tabaco/hispanic.htm
Prevalence of Current Smoking among Adults Aged 18 Years and Over: United States, 1997 - 2002 (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/released200212/figures08_1-8_4.htm
Preventing Tobacco Use (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/pe_factsheets/pe_tobacco.htm
Tobacco Control: State Highlights 2002 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/statehi/html_2002/state_highlights2002.htm
Tobacco-Related Mortality (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/factsheets/Tobacco_Related_Mortality_factsheet.htm

Women

Tobacco Use (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4women.gov/pub/steps/TobaccoUse.htm
Tobacco Use and Reproductive Outcomes (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_forwomen/factsheet_outcomes.htm
Women and Smoking (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4woman.gov/editor/may04/may04.htm
Women and Smoking, a Report of the Surgeon General--2001: Summary (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_forwomen/ataglance.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/tabaco/tabmujeres.htm

Men

Cigarettes Send Male Sex Life Up in Smoke (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3009767
Prostate Cancer More Advanced in Men Who Smoke (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Prostate_Cancer_More_Advanced_in_Men_Who_Smoke.asp
What Do You Know about Men's Health? Smoking in Men (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4woman.gov/mens/men.cfm?page=123&mtitle;=smoking

Seniors

Smoking among Older Adults (American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b;=39862

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

Secondhand Smoke - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/secondhandsmoke.html
Smokeless Tobacco - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokelesstobacco.html
Smoking and Youth - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokingandyouth.html
Smoking Cessation - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokingcessation.html
Substance Abuse Problems - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/substanceabuseproblems.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Smoking is the National Institute on Drug Abuse - http://www.nida.nih.gov/

Page last updated: 11 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 19 October 2004