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Many nongovernment organizations provide
information and materials about smoking and health. Selected organizations and the
services they provide are listed below.
Produces materials on a variety of
smoking and health topics for the public with emphasis on legal action to protect
nonsmokers' health.
Action on Smoking and Health
2013 H Street,
NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 659-4310
http://ash.org/
Works on efforts to counter the influence
of the tobacco industry and provides strategic consulting and advocacy support on policy
issues related to tobacco control.
The Advocacy Institute
1707 L Street,
NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036-4505
(202) 659-8475
http://www.advocacy.org/publications/mtc/
Provides smoking education, prevention,
and cessation programs and distributes pamphlets, posters, and exhibits on smoking. Refer
to your phone book for the ACS chapter in your area or contact the national office below
for further information.
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road,
NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
1-800-ACS-2345
http://www.cancer.org/
Provides scientific evaluations on
tobacco-related topics.
American Council on Science and Health
1995 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10023-5860
(212) 362-7044
(212) 362-4919 (fax)
http://www.acsh.org/
Promotes smoking intervention programs at
schools, workplaces, and health care sites. Refer to your phone book for the AHA chapter
in your area or contact the national office below for further information.
American Heart Association
National Center
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
1-800-AHA-USA1
http://www.americanheart.org/
Collaborates with national, state, and local organizations through grant
awards, research initiatives, marketing efforts, and training programs in an
effort to reduce youth tobacco use, decrease exposure to second-hand smoke,
increase successful quit rates, and reduce disparities in access to prevention
and cessation services and in exposure to secondhand smoke.
American Legacy Foundation
1001 G Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 454-5555
(202) 454-5599 (fax)
http://www.americanlegacy.org/
Conducts programs addressing smoking
cessation, prevention, and the protection of nonsmokers' health and provides a variety of
educational materials for the public and health professionals. Refer to your phone book
for the ALA chapter in your area or contact the national office below for further
information.
American Lung Association
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019-4274
(212) 315-8700
1-800-LUNG-USA
http://www.lungusa.org/
Provides smoking intervention guides for
physicians and health care providers.
American Medical Association
515 North State Street
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 464-5000
http://www.ama-assn.org/
Provides information to organizations and
individuals to assist in passing ordinances, implementing workplace regulations, and
developing smoking policies in the workplace.
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
Suite J
2530 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 841-3032
(510) 841-3071 (fax)
http://www.no-smoke.org/
Provides information about state health
department activities related to tobacco and other health issues.
Association of State and Territorial
Health Officials
1275 K street, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 371-9090
http://www.astho.org/
Campaign for Tobacco Free
Kids*
Works to protect children from exposure and addiction to tobacco by raising
awareness; changing public policies to limit the marketing and sales of
tobacco to children; altering the environment in which tobacco use and
policy decisions are made; and actively countering the tobacco industry and
its special interests. The Campaign also encourages youth advocacy to
support policy change, to hold tobacco control activities and to help
educate
peers on the dangers of tobacco.
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
1400 Eye Street, Suite 1200, Washington DC 20005
(202) 296-5469
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/
Cancer Research Foundation of America
(CRFA)*
Focuses on cancer prevention through
research and education.
Cancer Research Foundation of America
1600 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 836-4412
http://www.preventcancer.org
Doctors
Ought to Care (DOC)*
Provides school curricula, smoking
intervention information, and tobacco counteradvertisements for use in clinics,
classrooms, and communities.
Doctors Ought to Care
5615 Kirby Drive
Suite 440
Houston, TX 77005
(713) 528-1487
(713) 528-2146 (fax)
http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/doc/
Group Against Smokers' Pollution (GASP)
Provides educational and information and
referral services concerning the health hazards of secondhand smoke and the establishment
of nonsmoking laws and policies.
Group Against Smokers' Pollution
P.O. Box 632
College Park, MD 20741-0632
(301) 459-4791
Distributes health education materials to
the public, including materials about the effects of smoking during pregnancy.
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
(914) 428-7100
(914) 428-8203 (fax)
http://www.modimes.org/
National Families in Action has formed a
partnership with other national organizations to rebuild the parent drug prevention
movement it helped create and lead in the 1970s. Their goal is to ensure that the parent
movement of the 1990s includes all parents and families.
National Families in Action
2296 Henderson Mill Road, Suite 300
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
(770) 934-6364
(770) 934-7137 (fax)
http://www.nationalfamilies.org
Provides healthy lifestyle
education/prevention information primarily for high school athletic/activity associations
and secondary school personnel. Catalog available.
National Federation of State High School
Associations
P.O. Box 20626
Kansas City, MO 64195-0626
(816) 464-5400
(816) 464-5571 (fax)
http://www.nfhs.org/
National Governors' Association Online*
Offers the latest information about how
the states are spending funds obtained through the tobacco settlement agreement with the
industry.
National Governors' Association
444 North Capital Street, Suite 267
Washington, D.C. 20001
http://www.nga.org
National Latino Council on
Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention (LCAT)*
Provides community education, training, and information dissemination and
conducts research and policy analysis to reduce the harm caused by alcohol and
tobacco use in the Latino community.
National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention (LCAT)
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 732
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 265-8054
(202) 265-8056 (fax)
http://www.nlcatp.org/index.cfm
Tobacco Technical
Assistance Consortium (TTAC) *
TTAC builds capacity to achieve effective tobacco prevention and control
programs and policies.
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
1518 Clifton Road, GCR 808
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 712-8474
ttac@sph.emory.edu
http://www.ttac.org/home.html
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