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ASH - Action on Smoking and Health
Pressure group and registered UK charity, lobbying for a comprehensive national programme to tackle the epidemic of tobacco-related diseases. Excellent collection of links and resources.
http://www.ash.org.uk/
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Government Response
Government Response to the Health Select Committee's Second Report on the Tobacco Industry and the Health Risks of Smoking, published in October 2000
http://www.doh.gov.uk/smokinggovresponse.htm
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Nicotine Addiction in Britain
Complete online book by the Royal College of Physicians; covers physical. pharmacological, and psychological effects; addiction; the smoker's career; regulation of intake; treatment; regulatory approaches; recommendations.
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/nicotine/
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No Smoking Day
No Smoking Day comes once a year. The web site is available all year round to provide support for quitters and for professionals.
http://www.no-smoking-day.org.uk/
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Passive Smoking Kills 1000 people a year
At least 1,000 people a year are dying from the effects of passive smoking yet the public enjoys less protection from other people's tobacco smoke than from the chimes of ice-cream vans, the British Medical Association says.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=349669
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QUIT
Practical advice on giving up. Telephone helpline available.
http://www.quit.org.uk/
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Smoke Free Birmingham
A guide to smoke free places in Birmingham, as well as information on how to quit.
http://www.smokefree.org.uk/
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Smoke-Free Oxfordshire
Group aims to reduce the risk of smoking to the health and welfare of the people in Oxfordshire. Information on smoking, tobacco, quitting, smokefree dining.
http://www.smokefreeoxfordshire.org.uk/
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Smoking: Don't give up giving up
Official site produced by the NHS Health Education Authority. Useful advice on how to give up and you can ask for regular supportive e-mails.
http://www.givingupsmoking.co.uk/
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Tobacco Control Resource Centre
Promotes tobacco control by working mainly with national medical associations in Europe. Encourages doctors to stop smoking and provides information to enable doctors to help their patients quit.
http://www.tobacco-control.org/
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