International Organizations
International
Union Against Cancer
Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (UICC)
In collaboration with hundreds of volunteer
experts, the International Union Against Cancer carries out many programs around the
world, including programs on tobacco and cancer. The UICC developed and sponsors GLOBALink
designed to serve as an international tobacco control computer network with the objective
of facilitating coordination among those active globally in tobacco control, cancer
control, and public health. GLOBALink provides a full range of electronic communication
services in cancer information and control to the UICC membership, the general public, as
well as to tobacco control advocates worldwide.
The International Union Against Cancer
3, Rue du Conseil-General
1205 Geneva, Switzerland
(41 22) 809 1811
(41 222) 809 1810 (fax)
http://www.uicc.org/
Pan American
Health Organization (PAHO)
Develops policies, plans, and programs; mobilizes
resources; manages and disseminates information; conducts training and research; and
develops technical advisory services for the countries of the Americas working to prevent
tobacco use. Produces a variety of technical and scientific publications.
Pan American Health Organization
525 23rd Street,
NW
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 974-3000
(202) 974-3663 (fax)
http://www.paho.org/
The
World
Bank
The World Bank works with governments and other partners and implement policies to reduce the use of tobacco products,
within a sound economic framework. This web site includes country data and information, and full text (in several languages)
of "Curbing the Epidemic" a review of the evidence on the health impact of tobacco use; the reasons why
governments and others ought to act; evidence on the effect of lower tobacco use on jobs, smuggling, and poverty;
and the most cost-effective tobacco control measures.
World
Health Organization (WHO): Tobacco or Health
Through collaboration with organizations in
developed countries, bodies of the United Nations system, and nongovernmental
organizations, WHO assists in designing, implementing, and evaluating tobacco prevention
programs and legislation through the collection and dissemination of data. WHO emphasizes
the prevention of youth tobacco addiction.
World Health Organization (WHO)
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
(022) 791 21 11
(022) 791 0746/791 4851 (fax)
http://www.who.org/programmes/psa/toh.htm
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